Oracle BPM Suite 11g Developer's Cookbook

Defining the Rule: Decision Table

There are two ways you can define rules—either by using IF/THEN or by using Decision Tables. By using a Decision Table, you can create and use business rules in an easy-to-understand format that provides an alternative to the IF/THEN rule format, and it displays multiple related rules in a single spreadsheet-style view. In Rules Designer, a Decision Table presents a collection of related business rules with condition rows, rules, and actions, presented in a tabular form that is easy to understand.

You will use Decision Table for Check Customer rules and use if-then-else for DiscountCheck rules. For the Check Customer rule, you have following scenario :

• First case, if the input Quote.customer type is New and Quantity ...