19.6. Creating Your Own Chain
It is possible to create your own custom chains of rules in addition to the standard ones. The difference is, they will only be executed if a rule in one of the standard chains has its action set explicitly to jump to a custom chain. When execution of a custom chain finishes (or a rule with the Exit chain action is matched), evaluation will return to the calling chain. This means that custom chains can be used to define rules that are shared by several standard chains, instead of repeating the same rules in multiple places. In a way, a custom chain is like a subroutine in a programming language.
To create your own chain, the steps to follow are:
1. | On the main page of the module, select the table you want the chain ... |
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