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Easier ways to setup variables in rating spreadsheets.
New methods have been added to com.ail.openquote.Functions to help with the creation of Facts in rating
spreadsheets. Before 1.3 the rule spreadsheet had to define each fact individually using an XPATH to
indicate where the data was in the Quotation object, and identifying that Fact with a name. This was
generally done from the "RuleTable : Facts" section of the spreadsheet. While this approach is still
supported in 1.3, it is not normally necessary as Facts can be automatically created.

Five new methods have been added to the com.ail.openquote.Functions class: autoAssertAll(),
AutoAssertSections(), AutoAssertAssets(), autoAssertAttributes() and autoAssertAssetAttributes().
See the javadocs for details, but in summary these methods scan all or part of the Quotation and
automatically identify and create Facts for Attributes, and automatically insert them and all Sections and
Assets into the rule engine's working memory. See the EquinePlus demonstration product for an example
of this.

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Easier ways to setup variables in rating spreadsheets. New methods have been added to com.ail.openquote.Functions to help with the creation of Facts in rating spreadsheets. Before 1.3 the rule spreadsheet had to define each fact individually using an XPATH to indicate where the data was in the Quotation object, and identifying that Fact with a name. This was generally done from the "RuleTable : Facts" section of the spreadsheet. While this approach is still supported in 1.3, it is not normally necessary as Facts can be automatically created. Five new methods have been added to the com.ail.openquote.Functions class: autoAssertAll(), AutoAssertSections(), AutoAssertAssets(), autoAssertAttributes() and autoAssertAssetAttributes(). See the javadocs for details, but in summary these methods scan all or part of the Quotation and automatically identify and create Facts for Attributes, and automatically insert them and all Sections and Assets into the rule engine's working memory. See the EquinePlus demonstration product for an example of this.