Looks as if this is only a warning. <br><br>Does the DRL compile without error? Also, your code uses the old API. Try<br><br>    KnowledgeBuilder kBuilder = KnowledgeBuilderFactory.newKnowledgeBuilder();<br>    DecisionTableConfiguration dtConf = KnowledgeBuilderFactory.newDecisionTableConfiguration();<br>
    dtConf.setInputType( DecisionTableInputType.XLS );<br>    Resource resource = ResourceFactory.newClassPathResource( xlsPath, getClass() );<br>    kBuilder.add( resource, ResourceType.DTABLE, dtConf );<br>        if( kBuilder.hasErrors() ){<br>
          KnowledgeBuilderErrors errors = kBuilder.getErrors();<br>          for( KnowledgeBuilderError err: errors ){<br>            System.err.println( err.toString() );<br>          }<br>          throw new IllegalStateException( &quot;build errors&quot; );<br>
        }<br><br>Or, if you want to see the generated DRL, use the above (slightly modified) for the DRL, but do check for errors!<br><br>-W<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 June 2011 15:13, Sleepyhead <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dorlandroy@gmail.com">dorlandroy@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thx man!<br>
Was getting pretty pissed ... :P<br>
<br>
Only now I have a different problem when actually using the decision table:<br>
<br>
        public RuleBase readDecisionTable() throws Exception<br>
        {<br>
                SpreadsheetCompiler converter = new SpreadsheetCompiler();<br>
                String drl = converter.compile(&quot;CheckAccepted.xls&quot;, InputType.XLS );<br>
                System.out.println(drl);<br>
                PackageBuilder builder = new PackageBuilder();<br>
                builder.addPackageFromDrl( new StringReader( drl ) );<br>
                Package pkg = builder.getPackage();<br>
                RuleBase ruleBase = RuleBaseFactory.newRuleBase();<br>
                ruleBase.addPackage( pkg );<br>
                return ruleBase;<br>
        }<br>
<br>
I get this error:<br>
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