DMN properties panel

As in the BPMN editor, the properties column holds what the canvas does not show: identifiers, documentation, and execution properties for engines that use them.

Documentation here is the cheapest thing you can do to make a decision model survive a handover.

#What this is for

Documenting why a rule exists, not just what it does.
Setting stable ids for anything referencing the model.
Configuring Camunda execution properties.

#How it works

Action	How
Name	The label on the diagram and in the table header.
Id	The stable identifier used by references and engines.
Documentation	Free text stored in the DMN file.
Type reference	The data type of an input or output.
Camunda properties	Execution settings for engines that use them.

#A few things that catch people out

Document the why. The what is already visible in the table.
Type references are not decoration; they determine which FEEL expressions are valid.
Ids appear in engine logs. Meaningful ones save time later.

Import and export DMN XML

Standard files, in and out.

DMN keyboard shortcuts

Mostly table navigation.

DMN editor

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Draw the map before writing the rules.