Create a business rule of type decision table within the Designer.

1. Navigate to Workflow > Business rules.
   The Business rules page appears.
2. Click New > Decision table.

   A new decision table opens in a new browser tab.

   • The system creates a new decision table with some default properties.

   • By default, the Design tab is selected on the Modeling bar.

   • The Add input and Add output options are available.

3. In the Properties panel, a default name (New decision table) appears in the Name field. You can change the name for the decision table as required.
4. Configure the properties for the decision table. See Properties of a decision table.
5. Create variables for the decision table, and set the variables as rule inputs and outputs. Do either of the following:

   Using the Variables tab on the modeling bar.

   On the modeling bar of the decision tree, click Variables and click New. The New variable dialog box is displayed. Enter a Name for the variable. By default, the name of the variable becomes the ID of the variable; however, you can change the ID if needed. Select the variable Type, such as Date. (Default: String) To set the variable as input, select Input. To set the variable as output, select Output. Note A decision table supports dynamic complex variables as input. These input variables can hold the data from a table field within a document for validation, such as in creating a running total for a column. Provide a Value for the variable and click Add. The Variables page appears. Similarly, create other variables. By default, all the variables are sorted on Name and displayed in the ascending order. However, you can sort (ascending or descending) on the following columns: Name, ID, Type, Value, Input and Output. To view the variables of a specific type, on the Type filter, select the variable type, such as Folder. (Default: All) Note The Type filter only contains the variable types that exist in the list for the current decision tree.

   Using the Add input and Add output options

   To directly add input and output variables, do the following: Click Add input. The New input variable dialog box is displayed. Enter a Name and ID for the variable. Select the variable Type, such as Byte. (Default: String) By default, the Input and Show in table are selected which means, the inputs are displayed in the table. Provide a Value for the variable and click Add. Similarly, create other input variables, as needed. To create output variables, click Add output. Enter a Name and ID for the variable. Select the variable Type, such as Byte. (Default: String) Provide a Value for the variable and click Add. Similarly, create other output variables, as needed.

6. The input and output variables appear in the table.
7. To add a condition, click .
   The New condition dialog box displays the inputs and outputs.
8. Define the condition using the process variables, server variables and business data for inputs and outputs.
9. Provide the comments in the Comments box and click Add.
   Note

   • You cannot use expressions as rule outputs.

   • You can add multiple conditions.

   • You can modify and delete the condition. When multiple conditions are added, they can be modified, deleted and re-ordered.

10. To add else condition, on the General properties tab of the decision table, select the check box for Include else condition. (Default: Clear)
    A new else condition row appears in the table.
11. When the else condition is enabled, edit the condition and define the output as needed.
12. Release the decision table.