Working with decision tables in Excel

Decision tables are useful for viewing and managing large sets of similar action rules.

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  • Decision tables
    A decision table groups rules that have similar conditions and actions, and helps you spot problems such as overlaps and gaps among the rules.
  • Creating a decision table
    You can create an empty decision table using a template or the default decision table type. You can also create a new decision table based on the contents of another decision table.
  • Editing a decision table
    You can add, edit or delete rows and columns, and use operators on terms found in rule condition statements. Rule Solutions for Office helps you identify editing errors, and suggests corrections.
Parent topic: (deprecated) Authoring business rules with Rule Solutions for Office
Related concepts:
Columns in a decision table
Rows and cells
Preconditions
Related reference:
Decision Table tab commands