Add an Input or Output Column to a Decision Table
Add a new input or output column to a Decision Table in Decision Table Editor.
Add an Input or Output Column to a Decision Table
Input and output columns are components of a decision in a Decision Table. See Components of a Decision Table for more information.
Package Required
The Decision Tables package must be installed.
Permissions Required
Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to add an input or output column to a Decision Table unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:
Decision Tables: Edit Decision Tables
Decision Tables: View Decision Tables
See the Decision Tables permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.
Follow these steps to add an input or output column to a Decision Table:
Edit the Decision Table into which to add the input or output column(s). Decision input columns display immediately below the Inputs section. Decision output columns display immediately below the Outputs section. Dots above each column separator indicate where to add a new column to the right of the existing column.|
Input columns display in the "Inputs" section. Output columns display in the "Outputs" section Do one of the following:
Add a new column to the right of a selected column: Mouse-hover over the dot in which to add a new column to the right of the existing column, and then click the
icon. Below is an example of adding a new column in the Inputs section.
Add a new column to the left or right of a selected column: Right-click on the decision input or output label in which to add the new column in that section. Below is an example of adding a new column in the Outputs section.|
Select one of the following options:
Add a new column to the left of the selected column: Select the Add Column Left option.
Add a new column to the right of the selected column: Select the Add Column Right option.
The new column displays. By default, decision variables use the
string
data type.Replace the placeholder values for the input/output label and its decision variable with those for your decision. Optionally, change the data type for that decision variable.
See the example in Use of Quotation Marks in Decision Output for String
Data Type when using quotation marks as punctuation in the output string.
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