Rule Machine enhancements with 2.4.0

[672southmain]

@bravenel,

Clearly, a great deal of work went into 2.4.0. Thanks.

I understand the issues regarding upgrading/downgrading between major platform versions.

However, I’ve got a question regarding Rule export/import across major platform revisions in view of the following points in the 2.4.0 release notes:

• Added IF/THEN/ELSE logic to Visual Rule Builder.
• Rule 5.1: Added new table based UI for Triggers and Conditions, allowing one click to create new, edit or delete.
• Rule 5.1: Rule Functions available

If Rule export has been used to archive a group of rules, can that export file later be used for import into a later major platform revision?

Likewise, if a Rule export has been used to archive a group of rules, can that export file later be used for import into an earlier major platform revision, providing that a feature not present in the earlier platform revision (e.g., Rule Functions) is not used in the exported/imported rules?

[bravenel]

@672southmain

If Rule export has been used to archive a group of rules, can that export file later be used for import into a later major platform revision?

Yes. There have been no changes that break backwards compatibility (that I'm aware of). So any Rule 5.1 that has been exported can be imported back.

@672southmain

can that export file later be used for import into an earlier major platform revision, providing that a feature not present in the earlier platform revision (e.g., Rule Functions) is not used in the exported/imported rules?

This would only work if there are no features in the export not supported in the version imported into.