Rows

Each numbered row in a table forms a rule. The values in the cells of the row contain the conditions and actions of the rule:

To make rows in a decision table easier to read, you can merge cells with conditions that are common to more than one rule. In the following table, the Grade A cells of rows 1 and 2 have been merged into one cell:

You read the two rules as follows:

• Rule 1

  if
     all of the following conditions are true:
        - Grade is A
        - the amount of Loan is between 100,000 and 300,000,
  then...

• Rule 2

  if
     all of the following conditions are true:
        - Grade is A
        - the amount of Loan is between 300,000 and 600,000,
  then...

If a third row is added to the decision table, it can be shown in the following ways:

• It can have a different value for the first condition:

  	Grade	Loan
  		Min	Max
  1	A	100,000	300,000
  2		300,000	600,000
  3	B	600,000	900,000

• It can share the value for the first condition:

  	Grade	Loan
  		Min	Max
  1	A	100,000	300,000
  2		300,000	600,000
  3		600,000	900,000