Preface

This preface is an introduction to the OpenL Studio User Guide. The following topics are included in this preface:

This guide is intended for the following users:

User type	Purpose	Required knowledge
Business users	View and modify company business rules stored in tables.	Knowledge of decision tables is required.
Developers	Manage technical details of rule tables. Organize and deploy rule projects.	Knowledge of OpenL Tablets technology is required.

OpenL Studio is a tool of the OpenL Tablets product. For information on OpenL Tablets Rules, see OpenL Tablets Reference Guide.

The following styles and conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Description
Bold	Represents user interface items such as check boxes, command buttons, dialog boxes, drop-down list values, field names, menu commands, menus, option buttons, perspectives, tabs, tooltip labels, tree elements, views, and windows. Represents keys, such as F9 or CTRL+A. Represents a term the first time it is defined.
`Courier`	Represents file and directory names, code, system messages, and command-line commands.
Select File > Save As	Represents a command to perform, such as opening the File menu and selecting Save As.
Italic	Represents any information to be entered in a field. Represents documentation titles.
< >	Represents placeholder values to be substituted with user specific values.
Hyperlink	Represents a hyperlink. Clicking a hyperlink displays the information topic or external source.