About Verification Categories

The following verification categories exist:

Gaps

The following table describes a gap warning.

Explanation	A gap warning is reported if a value or a range of values for one condition is not explicitly tested in a decision entity or a rule set.
Example	A gap warning is reported, because the value = 5,000 is not tested for the condition Order value.
Action	If the gap is not intended, specify the missing value or range of values for the condition.

Overlaps

The following table describes an overlap warning.

Explanation	An overlap warning is reported if the same value or range of values for one condition is tested multiple times in a decision entity or a rule set.
Example	An overlap warning is reported, because the value = 5,000 is tested multiple times for the condition Order value.
Action	If the overlap is not intended, modify the rules so that the condition value is only tested once.

Syntax

The following table describes a syntax warning.

Explanation	A syntax warning is for instance reported if data is lost due to truncation.
Example	A syntax warning is reported, because a result value of the data type long is assigned to a result of the data type byte and is therefore truncated.
Action	If the data loss is not tolerable, assign a value of the correct data type.

Empty cells

The following table describes an empty cell warning.

Explanation	An empty cell warning is reported if a condition value or a result value is not specified.
Example	An empty cell warning is reported, because the condition value for the first rule is not specified.
Action	If the empty cell is not intended, specify the missing value.

Processing Modes

The following table describes a processing mode warning.

Explanation	A processing mode warning is reported if the processing mode of a decision table within a rule set differs from the processing mode of this rule set, because the processing mode of the rule set overwrites that of the decision table.
Example	Differences in processing modes can occur if you add an inferential decision table to a sequential rule set or vice versa; or if you modify the processing mode of a rule set or of a decision table within this rule set.
Action	If the different processing mode is not intended, set the same processing mode for the decision table and rule set.

Redundancies

The following table describes a redundancy warning.

Explanation	A redundancy warning is reported if parts of one rule, or rules of one decision table, or rules of several decision tables within one rule set are dispensable.
Example	A redundancy warning is reported, because as in the first rule no value is specified for the condition Country, any value applies to this rule. This makes the second rule superfluous.
Action	If the redundancy is not intended, delete the dispensable rules or parts of rules.

Missing Rules

The following table describes a missing rule warning.

Explanation	A missing rule warning is reported if a probable combination of conditions is not explicitly tested in a decision entity or a rule set.
Example	A missing rule warning is reported, because the condition combination gender=female AND olderThan45=false is not explicitly tested.
Action	If the missing rule is not intended, specify the missing combination(s) of conditions.

Business Verification

The following table describes preconfigured verification services.

Explanation

Verification results for preconfigured verification services, see Working with a Preconfigured Verification Service.

Other

The following table describes other verification categories.

Explanation

All warnings and errors that do not fit into the other categories.