Based on the requirements defined in the Defining Business Requirements we identified high-level questions related to eligibility and income. We created rules to answer these questions. Next a business user will need to follow the same process to create business rules around a household's entitlement.
- Create a new Rule in the "Sample Benefit Rules" folder called "Entitlement". Set the type to be Boolean
- Select the context menu on the rule on the outline view and choose the Set Rule Type option from the menu which pops up. Select the Decision Table option and click Next; choose Number as the type and click Next; choose the Create a new rule option, enter numEligibleMembers as the name and click Next; choose Number as the type and click Save.
- Change the description for the table to be "Entitlement" (the box at the top of the table).
- Change the description for the header of the left-hand column of the table to be "Number of eligible people".
- Change the description of the left-hand cell for the first row to be "1" and the description of the right-hand cell to be "100".
- Open the context menu on the rule (at the top of the table) and from the menu which pops up, choose the New Row option. Change the descriptions for the left and right-hand cells to be "2" and "180" respectively.
- Add another row to the table and change the descriptions for the left and right-hand cells to be "3" and "250" respectively.
- Add another row to the table and change the descriptions for the left and right-hand cells to be "4" and "310" respectively.
- Add another row to the table and change the descriptions for the left and right-hand cells to be "5" and "360" respectively.
- Add the final row to the table and change the description of the right-hand cell to be "400".
The decision table has sufficient information for other users to understand its structure and purpose.