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Configuring a Decision Strategy

To configure a decision strategy, connect source data to the Decision transformation and edit the properties in the transformation views.

Open a Decision transformation.

Verify that the transformation contains input and output ports.

Select the

Decision

view.

Click

Add

Enter a name for the strategy.

In the

Expression

area, enter an

IF-THEN-ELSE

conditional statement.

To add a function to the expression, browse the functions in the

Functions

tab and double-click a function name.

To quickly enter a function, type the first letters of the function name and select

CTRL-Space

To add a port to the expression, browse the ports in the

Ports

tab. Double-click a port name to add it to the expression. Optionally, click

Edit Output Ports

to edit output port settings or add output ports.

Optionally, add comment lines by typing "//" followed by your comments.

Click

Validate

to determine if the decision expression is valid.

Click

to save the strategy.

Optionally, add additional strategies. Each strategy must use unique output ports. Strategies cannot share output ports.