Inserting a column

You insert a column into a decision table.

About this task

When you insert a column into a decision table, it changes the structure of all the rules in the table. Do not add a new column to a decision table before determining its effect on the other rules.

Procedure

To insert a column:

Click in a column next to where you want to add the new column.
On the Decision Table tab, in the Write group, click Insert and then select one of the following options, depending on where you want to add the new rule:
- Table Column Before: Inserts the new column before the selected column.

- Table Column After: Inserts the new column after the selected column.
Click in the header cell of the column you have just created, and on the Decision Table tab, in the Write group, click Column Expression.
In the Edit Condition Column dialog box that opens, click <select a condition > to start building a new condition for the column.
Complete the cells in the new column by adding values for the affected rules.