Supported Data Types

Data types in Decision Tables

All data in a data table are stored as string values and are automatically casted when needed. Therefore, you don't need to specify any data format for your **** input and output models. The automatic casting of conditions and results is described in the following sections.

The decimal separator is always a dot - "."

Condition Data Types

The conditions can be made using the following scalar data types:

• Number

• Boolean

• String

• Date

Conditions

Solver Request Data

// 2.31
{
  "inputData": 2.31 OR "2.31"
}

// true
{
  "inputData": true
}

//false
{
  "inputData": false
}

// hello world
{
  "inputData": "hello world"
} 

// 17/13/2021 13:17 GMT:-9:00
{
"inputData": {"date":"2021-03-17","time":"13:17","timezone":"-09:00"}
}
// DATE TIME INPUT AS ISO-8601
{
"inputData": "2021-03-17T13:17-09:00"
}
// OR ANY PARSEABLE DATE STRING
{
"inputData": "2021-03-17, 13:17 -09:00"
}
// <empty>
{}
OR
{
  "inputData": ""
}

Examples:

Condition [value in decision table]	Solver Request Value [value send on API]	Result
2.32	2.32	Equal
2.32	"2.32"	Equal
true	true	Equal
false	false	Equal
true	1	Equal
false	0	Equal
true	2	Not Equal
true	"true"	Not Equal
hello world	"hello world"	Equal
"date": "2021-03-17", "time": "13:17", "timezone": "-09:00"	"date": "2021-03-17", "time": "13:17", "timezone": "-09:00"	Equal
"date": "2021-03-17", "time": "13:17", "timezone": "-09:00"	"2021-03-17T13:17-09:00"	Equal
"2021-03-17T13:17-09:00"	"2021-03-17T13:17-09:00"	Equal
<empty>	""	Equal
<empty>	Value not presented in input JSON	Equal

Result Data Types

Calling Solver API returns an array of results according to the decision table setup. Response values are automatically cast to:

• Boolean

• Number OR Float

• String

• Date

• JSON Object

• JSON Arrays

Casting examples:

Decision Table Result Value	Solver Response Value
true	true
false	false
"true"	\"true\"
25	25
25.0	25
25.01	25.01
<empty>`` OR ``empty string	Node is omitted in reponse
hello world	"hello world"
"date": "2021-03-17", "time": "13:17", "timezone": "-09:00"	"date": "2021-03-17", "time": "13:17", "timezone": "-09:00"
{}	{}
{"data":123 }	{"data":123 }
{"data": "123" }	{"data": "123" }
[12,36,"542"]	[12,36,"542"]
[12,36,"542"	"[12,36,\"542\""
[12, 36, "542", [1,2] ]	[12, 36, "542", [1,2] ]