Task 1: Importing the projects to start the tutorial

You import the projects that are required for this tutorial.

1. Open the Samples Console in the en_US (American English) locale (see Running samples from the Samples Console).
2. In the Samples and Tutorials view, locate Rule Designer > Tutorials > Editing decision tables > start, and then click Import projects.

   The Rule Explorer view displays two projects:

   • The Java™ project carrental-xom, which defines an execution object model for rule execution. You do not need to modify this project.
   • The decision service main rule project, decisiontable-rules-start, which contains a complete vocabulary, a few rules, and a setup for execution. This project references the project carrental-xom.

   This decision service defines a variable set, DT-Parameters, which contains the following items:

   • rental, which is verbalized as the current rental agreement
   • session, which is verbalized as the current session

   In the Rule Explorer, you can verify that the Coverages decision table is empty for now. Later in this tutorial, you fill the Coverages decision table with data that is taken from the COVERAGES.xls Excel file.