Discovering Information About Business Users

To discover information about business users, configure a rule statement that measures a fact about the users. When you combine rule statements to measure related facts, you discover additional information.

For example, you might configure a rule statement for a financial institution to identify customers who hold credit balances. You might also configure a rule statement to identify customers who earn a high salary.

Use the "AND" feature to combine the rule statements.

1. Select a rule set in a rule specification.

2. In the rule set properties, click Rule Logic.

3. Click Add Rule Statement.

4. Select an input for the rule statement.

- If the rule set does not contain an input, create an input. Configure the input properties represent the type of column that contains the business data.

Note: The rule statement analyzes salary data.

5. Configure the condition.

- Click the condition icon to open the Define Condition dialog box.
- Select Input.
- Specify the type of data to enter. Use integer data to specify a numeric value.
- Enter a data value to represent a salary. For example, enter 100,000.
- Click OK.

6. Select an operator to validate the results of the condition analysis.

- To identify input values that indicate a minimum salary of $100,000, select the following operator:

7. Click the "+" icon in the rule statement.

The rule specification adds a rule statement under the current rule statement and creates an AND relationship between the rule statements.

8. Select an input for the rule statement that you added.

- If the rule set does not contain an input, create an input. Configure the input properties represent the type of column that contains the business data.

Note: The rule statement analyzes the customer account balances.

9. Configure the condition in the rule statement.

- Click the condition icon to open the Define Condition dialog box.
- Select Input.
- Specify the type of data to enter. Use integer data to specify a numeric value.
- Enter a data value to represent an account balance. For example, enter 10,000.
- Click OK.

10. Select an operator to validate the results of the condition analysis.

- To identify input values that indicate a minimum balance of $10,000, select the following operator:

11. Configure the action to write a value when the input data values are greater than or equal to the condition values.

- Click the action icon to open the Define Action dialog box.
- Select Input.
- Specify the type of data to enter. Use string data to return a text value.
- Enter a data value. For example, enter "HIGH" to indicate the customer salary and balance levels.
- Click OK.

12. Save the rule specification.