Decision Table conditions not being evaluated after importing from Excel spread sheet.

Decision Table conditions not being evaluated after importing from Excel spread sheet.

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Article ID: KB0087512

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Products Versions
TIBCO BusinessEvents Enterprise Edition -
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Description

Resolution:
Description:
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Excel spread sheet is locking cells which when importing into Decision Tables and hence is causing the cell to be disabled.

Environment:
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TIBCO BusinessEvents 5.x
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Symptoms :
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Decision Table conditions not being evaluated after importing from Excel spread sheet.

Cause :
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Excel Spreadsheet is locking cells which when importing into Decision Tables and is causing the cell to be disabled. The condition never gets evaluated.

Resolution:
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While the Decision Table is exported, its cells must have been marked with enabled=false or once the Decision Table was exported, the cells in Excel were somehow locked.

Steps to follow :

1). Import the project and open in studio.

2). Open any xls file from the folder structure.

3). Select all cells -> Format cells -&gtProtection -&gtUncheck the Locked button

4). Import the Excel file (exported at #3) with VRF .

5). Open the newly imported DT, no column data should be disabled or locked.

6). The physical file should not have any disabled (enabled=false) conditions. (you can verify from the XML as mentioned before).

Issue/Introduction

Decision Table conditions not being evaluated after importing from Excel spread sheet.