Build Pattern
Build Pattern
Build Pattern gives you a closer insight into how authors tackle specific problems showing how to build and structure a map depending on requirements. These articles will use elements and functions covered in the Basics and Rules sections.
The below drop-downs include a full list of articles, which will be written over time. Please contact the Rainbird Support Team if you would like to prioritise a specific article.
Structural
‘Elbow’ – Object Specific Rules
Optional Missing Data without CF impact
Structure
Removing CF
Many to single results
Based on and overall
Relationship
Variable in questions
CF as a variable
User weighting
Water bucket method
Mandatory Missing Data
Multiple select instances – increasing certainty
2-dimensions Array simulator (DataSources)
Generated Instance Inherited Data
Creational
Working Days Range for Weekends
Conditional Concatenation
Date format handling
String to number translation
Number to string translation
Concatenation – missing data
Conditional shortlist
Certainty Bracketing
Recursive feature
Creating a contextual timestamp
Behavioural
Specify or extend a question
OR – Quick out
Forcing Question Ordering – TF
Question Ordering – Single set of questions
Dynamic question ordering
OR – Consider all
Different outcomes
Certainty factor gating
Default fact mechanism
If not this the that
Decreasing outcome CF
Instance checking
Ranking – Ping tail – Self to self relationship