Decision Properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a decision property sheet, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry in the Decisions folder.

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users.
Code	Specifies the technical name of the object, which is used for generating code or scripts.
Comment	Descriptive comment for the object.
Stereotype	Extends the semantics of the object. You can enter a stereotype directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in an extension file.
Type	Calculated read-only value showing the type of the decision that can have the following values: Incomplete - No input or no output transition has been defined or exactly one input and one output transitions have been defined Conditional branch – One input and several outputs have been defined Merge - Several inputs and one output have been defined

Decision Property Sheet Condition Tab

The Condition tab contains the following properties:

Property	Description
Alias	Specifies a short name for the condition, to be displayed next to its symbol in the diagram.
Condition (text box)	Specifies a condition to be evaluated to determine how the decision should be traversed. You can enter any appropriate information in this box, as well as open, insert and save text files. You can open the Condition tab by right-clicking the decision symbol, and selecting Condition in the contextual menu.