Disabling action cells

You can disable an action cell by clicking an icon on the menu bar or by using the Enable / Disable Action command.

About this task

When you define an action column, you specify the default action phrase for all the cells in that column. You cannot change the action phrase for a specific cell.

However, you can disable action cells so that the action is not carried out for that particular row. This is equivalent to clearing the contents of the cell, except that you keep the information it contains so that it can be re-enabled later if required.

Procedure

To disable an action cell:

  1. In the decision table editor, right-click the action cell you want to disable.
  2. Click Enable / Disable Action button Enable / Disable Action.

    The cell shows the disabled icon.

    The disabled icon shown in the cell

Results

This is a toggle function, which means that you do the same action to re-enable the action cell. When you re-enable the cell, the cell no longer shows the disabled icon.