Software AG Products 10.11 | Designing and Implementing Business Process Models | Working with Business Rules in My webMethods | Working with Decision Tables | Modifying a Decision Table | About Data Type Assignment
 
About Data Type Assignment
The following table lists the data types that can be assigned to a parameter element that was specified for a condition or result:
Data type of the parameter element for the condition or result is
Literal value must be
Constant must be
Data type of assigned parameter element must be
Boolean
Boolean
NULL
Boolean
Boolean list (results only)
n/a
NULL
Boolean list
Byte array (results only)
n/a
NULL
Byte array
Date
Date
NULL
Date
Date list (results only)
n/a
NULL
Date list
Document (results only)
n/a
NULL
Document
Document list (results only)
n/a
NULL
Document list
Numeric (Byte, Character, Double, Float, Integer, Long, Short)
Same data type or numeric data type with a smaller value.
NULL
Any numeric data type. Numeric data types with a greater value are truncated.
Numeric list (Byte list, Character list, Double list, Float list, Integer list, Long list, Short list) (results only)
n/a
NULL
Any numeric list. Numeric data types with a greater value are truncated.
String
String
NULL or EMPTY_ STRING
String
String list (results only)
n/a
NULL
String list
String table (results only)
n/a
NULL
String table