Rule Builder > Decision Tables and Trees > Structure of Decision Tables and Trees > Condition Definitions

Condition definitions are represented by columns on the left side of the decision table that consist of its partitions and partition items. In a decision tree these are represented by decision nodes and test links.

Condition definitions represent the conditional part of the decision table/tree and are assigned a test expression. The test expression is built on a predicate (that is, a method which returns a Boolean value) and involves one or more elements of the BOM, either attributes or methods.

In the decision table or tree, test expressions are expressed using the BAL language.

Examples of test expressions are:

  • the age of customer is between ... and ...
  • the address of the house of the customer is ...
  • See Also

    Condition Column Editing Operations | Partition Item Editing Operations | Decision Node Editing Operations | Editing Operations on Tree Elements | Creating Decision Trees


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