Decision Table Related Preferences

You can change the preferences related to Decision Manager from the preferences given in the TIBCO BusinessEvents Studio.

Decision Table View Preferences

The following Table View preferences set the initial state of the decision table. Text in parentheses shows the names of corresponding buttons in the Decision Table editor. The settings can be toggled in the UI, but their initial state is set by preferences you set.

  • Show column alias if present
  • Automatically resize columns to fit content (Fit Content button)
  • Automatically resize rows to fit content
  • Automatically merge rows (Merge Rows button)
  • Show expanded text (Show Text button)
  • Show domain descriptions if present.
  • Show column filter
  • Show titled border
  • Use existing IDs when importing
  • Export column alias
  • Show condition area string

Decision Table Analyzer Preferences

You can control the following behavior of the decision table analyzer, as well as its appearance:
Option Description
Initially Show Table Analyzer View Checkbox to show or hide the Table Analyzer view whenever a decision table is displayed. Also, to highlight rules in a decision table, which can be triggered on selecting the values in the analyzer view.
Highlight Partial Ranges Checkbox to highlight rows whose condition falls completely or partially within the specified condition range.
Use Domain Model for Table Completeness Select the checkbox to report any uncovered domain entries.
Analyze while opening table Checkbox to analyze the decision table while opening it.
  • If there is any equal set of conditions but with different set of actions, theanalyzer will report it.
  • If multiple rules can be combined into one, the analyzer will report them.

Decision Table Appearance Preferences

These preferences let you set the color scheme for decision tables. For each item in the list, you can set color preferences. For condition data and action data you can specify a font.

Domain Model Preferences

You can set the domain model preferences for the decision tables using this tab. The following options are available under the Domain Model preferences.

Option Description
Allow custom values If selected, custom values can be entered for the attributes associated to the domain. If the check box is cleared, you can only select from the domain values drop-down list.

Compare/Merge Preferences

This tabbed dialog is in the TIBCO BusinessEvents preferences. It applies to decision tables.

In the Structure Compare tab, set preferences for initial settings and colors. The effect of your choices is shown in the lower panel.

In the Text Compare tab, you can set preferences for text. The effect of your choices is shown in the lower panel.

The Merge tab has one option: Allow columns to be automatically merged.

Rules Management Server Preferences

In this group of preferences, you can set the following:

  • Authentication URL history size
  • Checkout URL history size