Decision Table Operator Sample

Contents

Introduction
Running the Simple Decision Table Sample in StreamBase Studio
Running the StreamBase Expressions Decision Table Sample in StreamBase Studio
Importing This Sample into StreamBase Studio
Sample Location

This sample shows how to use the TIBCO StreamBase® Decision Table operator.

Introduction

The Decision Table operator evaluates a set of rules against each input tuple and emits an output tuple when a rule's conditions match the values in the input tuple.

The sample contains two StreamBase applications, each with a corresponding table in StreamBase native (.sbdt) format. The native format tables can also be replaced with their supplied respective tables in the Excel (.xlsx) format. The decision-table.sbapp application uses simple condition and action schemas and a small set of rules that illustrate the basic decision table rule syntax. The decision-table-streambase-expressions.sbapp application uses a more complex condition schema and set of rules that illustrate the use of StreamBase expressions in condition and action columns.

See Using the Decision Table Operator for a description of the operator's properties.

Running the Simple Decision Table Sample in StreamBase Studio

  1. In the Package Explorer view, in project sample_decision-table, double-click to open the decision-table.sbapp application.

  2. With the decision-table.sbapp application selected and active, click the Run button. This opens the SB Test/Debug perspective and starts the application.

  3. In the Manual Input view, select the Input stream, enter Jane Doe in the Name field, and click Send Data.

  4. In the Application Output view, observe a tuple dequeued on the Output stream indicating a decision table rule has fired.

  5. Experiment by entering other values in the Name and Age fields, clicking Send Data, and observing the resulting output tuples.

  6. When done, press F9 or click the Stop Running Application button.

Running the StreamBase Expressions Decision Table Sample in StreamBase Studio

  1. In the Package Explorer view, in project sample_decision-table, double-click to open the decision-table-streambase-expressions.sbapp application.

  2. With the decision-table-streambase-expressions.sbapp application selected and active, click the Run button. This opens the SB Test/Debug perspective and starts the application.

  3. In the Manual Input view, select the Input stream, enter Peter in the Name field, and click Send Data.

  4. In the Application Output view, observe a tuple dequeued on the Output stream indicating a decision table rule has fired.

  5. Experiment by entering other values in the fields, clicking Send Data, and observing the resulting output tuples.

  6. When done, press F9 or click the Stop Running Application button.

Importing This Sample into StreamBase Studio

In StreamBase Studio, import this sample with the following steps:

  • From the top menu, click File → Load StreamBase Sample.

  • Select decision-table from the Data Constructs and Operators category.

  • Click OK.

StreamBase Studio creates a single project for the operator samples.

Sample Location

When you load the sample into StreamBase Studio, Studio copies the sample project's files to your Studio workspace, which is normally part of your home directory, with full access rights.

Important

Load this sample in StreamBase Studio, and thereafter use the Studio workspace copy of the sample to run and test it, even when running from the command prompt.

Using the workspace copy of the sample avoids the permission problems that can occur when trying to work with the initially installed location of the sample. The default workspace location for this sample is: 

studio-workspace/sample_decision-table

See Default Installation Directories for the location of studio-workspace on your system.

In the default TIBCO StreamBase installation, this sample's files are initially installed in: 

streambase-install-dir/sample/decision-table

See Default Installation Directories for the location of streambase-install-dir on your system. This location may require administrator privileges for write access, depending on your platform.