Rule Solutions for Office suggests ways to correct errors found in a decision table.
Rule Solutions for Office detects common errors, and offers suggestions for fixing them. When you fix an error, it is removed from the Problem List.
Rule Solutions for Office verifies that the values entered into the cells of a decision table match the types of values expected by the columns, and that the number of arguments is correct.
For example, you get an error when you do not provide both the maximum and minimum values for a range of numbers, or if you enter text when you should enter a number.
Rule Solutions for Office also detects an error when the column expression is not complete. For example, the rule The age of <select a customer> is between <enter a number> and <enter a number> returns the following error: Invalid expression: missing parameter.
Rule Solutions for Office verifies that the values you enter for a given condition throughout the different rows do not overlap or are not identical.
For example, consider this column for customer age:
Row 1: age is between 17 and 30
Row 2: age is between 29 and 40
Customers who are 29 years old satisfy the conditions of both rows. Rule Solutions for Office signals this to be an overlap error.
Rule Solutions for Office checks for overlaps in all entries of a given column, or within partitioned groups of cells.
Rule Solutions for Office verifies that the cells in a condition column consider all possible cases. This check makes sure that there are no gaps in your tables.
For example, consider this column for customer age:
Row 1: age is between 17 and 30
Row 2: age is between 32 and 40
Customers who are 31 years old are not included. Rule Solutions for Office signals this to be a gap error.
Rule Solutions for Office checks for gaps in all entries of a given column, or within partitioned groups of cells.