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Building logic and calculating values in your application

Updated on January 14, 2022

Provide automations for calculating values and implementing logic so that your application can flexibly respond to unique conditions at run time. For example, you can create a process of transforming data, and, as a result, present users with relevant information when they perform work.

  • Data transforms

    A data transform defines how to convert data that is in one format and class (the source) into data of another format and class (the target). The supported formats are clipboard and JSON. Using a data transform instead of an activity to set property values speeds up development and makes application maintenance easier.

  • Decision tables

    Decision tables derive values that have one of a few possible outcomes, where each outcome can result from a test of a condition that includes multiple variables. A decision table lists two or more rows, and each row contains test conditions, optional actions, and a result.

  • About Decision Trees

    Use a decision tree to record if .. then logic that calculates a value from a set of test conditions organized as a tree structure on the Decision tab, with the 'base' of the tree at the left.

  • About Map Values

    Use a map value to create a table of number, text, or date ranges that converts one or two input values, such as latitude and longitude numbers, into a calculated result value, such as a city name. Map value rules greatly simplify decisions based on ranges of one or two inputs. Use a map value to record decisions based on one or two ranges of an input value. A map value uses a one- or two-dimensional table to derive a result.

  • When condition rules

    A when condition rule evaluates a Boolean logical statement that involves comparisons among values of properties, to return true or false. To create more sophisticated logic, you can create multiple conditions, and then apply grouping that meets your business requirements.

  • About Constraints rules

    Create constraints rules to define and enforce comparison relationships among property values. Constraints rules can provide an automatic form of property validation every time the property's value is "touched", in addition to the validation provided by the property or other means.

  • Declare Expression rules

    Declare Expression rules automatically calculate values based on other values that are available in your application. When you include Declare Expression rules in calculations, you increase automation and efficiently reuse resources.

  • About Declare OnChange rules

    Create Declare OnChange rules to run an activity automatically at activity step boundaries when the value of a specified property changes. This capability provides a form of automatic forward chaining.

  • Declare Trigger rules

    To define correlations between events in your case types, create Declare Trigger rules to cause an activity to run when a specified event takes place in a case. By creating Declare Trigger rules, you automate your business processes and flexibly respond to dynamic business needs.

  • Defining conditions in the condition builder

    Use the condition builder to create conditions that define the behavior of your application, or to use for propositions evaluated by a proposition filter. You can save custom conditions to the condition library for future use.

  • Building expressions with the Expression Builder

    Author expressions using the Expression Builder by completing the following steps:

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