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This topic describes the tools used to create, edit, and analyze decision tables as part of an EventFlow application.
The StreamBase Decision Table operator supports decision table files in three file formats, which have four different origins. See Summary of Decision Table File Types to clarify this subject.
The tools shown in the following table are provided with StreamBase or with the StreamBase Excel Add-in to support the Decision Table operator.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Decision Table Editor in StreamBase Studio |
This editor is a StreamBase Studio view provided to create and edit decision
table files in the .sbdt file format only.
The Decision Table Editor is described on its own page in the present Authoring Guide. |
| StreamBase Excel Add-in |
The StreamBase Excel Add-in allows you to create and edit decision tables in
the form of Excel files for use with the StreamBase Decision Table operator.
The Add-in can download decision tables from a running Decision Table
operator and re-upload them to a running server. The Add-in can also apply
optional domain models as editing constraints while editing decision tables.
These features require the StreamBase Excel Add-in release 2.5.1 or later and
StreamBase 7.6.3 or later.
The StreamBase Excel Add-in is described as part of the Add-in kit's documentation. |
The tools in the following table are provided as part of TIBCO BusinessEvents®. They create decision table files that can be used with the StreamBase Decision Table operator. See the TIBCO BusinessEvents documentation at docs.tibco.com for more information on these tools.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| TIBCO BusinessEvents Studio |
The native file format for decision tables in BusinessEvents is an XML file
with .rulefunctionimpl extension. StreamBase
Studio provides no way to edit these files, but they are recognized as valid
decision table files when specified to load into the StreamBase Decision
Table operator.
|
| BusinessEvents Excel Add-in | BusinessEvents has its own Excel Add-in that provides similar decision table editing support to the StreamBase Excel Add-in. Excel files created with the BusinessEvents Add-in are saved as standard Excel files that can be loaded into the StreamBase Decision Table operator directly, or loaded into the StreamBase Excel Add-in for further edits. However, once saved from the StreamBase Excel Add-in, Excel files can no longer be opened in the BusinessEvents Excel Add-in. |
As the companion to the Decision Table Editor, the Table Analyzer examines
.sbdt decision tables and reports problems, such as
uncovered ranges for conditions, uncovered domain entries, different sets of actions
for identical conditions.
The Table Analyzer is described in Decision Table Analyzer.