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 About Map Value rules

Complete the Input tab before the Matrix tab. Information on the Input tab guides your inputs on the Matrix tab.

Evaluation of a map value rule can be based on the value of properties (specified here as the Row Property and Column Property), or on the value of parameters specified in a method.

If you leave the Property fields blank, the method must specify parameter values that match or are converted to the Data Type values on this tab.

When the Property fields are not blank but the activity step used to evaluate the rule specifies a parameter, the parameter value in the activity step is used, not the property value.

Row Parameter and Row Property fields

Field

Description
Row Parameter  
Data Type

Select String, integer, double, Boolean, Date, or DateTime to control how the system makes comparisons when a row parameter is supplied. It uses the Java compareTo() method when comparing two dates or two strings.

For example, if the method parameter is "007" and the Data Type is String, then a comparison of "007" < "7" is true. If the method parameter is "007" and the Data Type is Number, then the comparison of "007" < "7" is false.

For Booleans, only the "=" comparison is available.

The Data Type field is ignored (and becomes display-only on the form) when the Row Property property is the source of a value for the map value rule. Comparisons in that case depend on the type of that property.

Row Property  
Property

SmartPromptOptional. If this map value is to obtain the row input value from a property, select or enter a property reference. If you leave this blank, the calling method must supply a parameter value for the row.

For a map value rule that is "called" by another map value rule, this field is required.
Label

Enter brief text that becomes a row name on the Matrix tab.

Column Parameter and Column Property fields

Select none as the Column Parameter Data Type when defining a one-dimensional map value rule.

Complete these optional fields to define a two-dimensional map value rule, which can be evaluated by the Property-Map-ValuePair method.

Field

Description
Column Parameter  
Data Type

Select String, integer, double, Boolean, Date, or DateTime to define a two-dimensional map value rule and to control how the system makes comparisons when a column parameter is supplied. It uses the Java compareTo() method when comparing two dates or two strings.

To create a one-dimensional map value rule, select none.
For Booleans, only the "=" comparison is available.

The Data Type field is ignored (and becomes display-only on the form) when the Column Property property is the source of a value for the map value rule. Comparisons in that case depend on the type of that property.
Column Property  
Property

SmartPromptOptional. If this map value is to obtain a column input value from a property, select or enter a property reference. If you leave this blank but use a two-dimensional matrix, the calling method must supply a parameter value for the column.

For a two-dimensional map value rule that is called by another map value rule, this field is required.
Label

Enter brief text that becomes a column name on the Matrix tab.

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