Adding Branch Assignments 

Use

You can add a branch assignment as described in this section.

Procedure

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       1.      If necessary, click on the Assignments tab to make it the active tab.

       2.      In the Assignments pane, select the parent assignment for which you want to add a branch.

       3.      Right-click on the parent assignment and choose Add Branch from the context menu, or choose Records ® Assignments ® Add Branch from the main menu.

MDM adds a new assignment named parent assignment [NULL] to the list of assignments, and highlights it for editing.

       4.      In the Branch property, select the category value for the branch from the drop-down list of categories.

       5.      Define the Assignment expression for the branch assignment. All the other properties are disabled and read-only.

       6.      To save the branch assignment, right-click on the Properties pane and choose Save Assignment from the context menu, or press Shift + Enter.

MDM names the new branch parent assignment [category] and if it is not already part of it, adds the function Branch(Category) to the parent.

To run all of the branches of a parent assignment, simply run the parent assignment.

Assignment branches eliminate complicated expressions that test the category value and then branch accordingly, since the branch automatically runs the applicable category-specific assignment based on the value of the category for each record.