I have at least figured out what was going on with my decision table. I kept comparing what I was doing with the policy pricing example included with drools and trying to figure out what I was doing different. Because of the syntax of the rules I was getting back, it occurred to me that the issue might be that I was never referencing my recipient object as part of the condition. I added a property to my BooleanAnswer object so it now looks like: public class BooleanAnswer { private boolean answer; private int index = 2; /** * no-arg constructor */ public BooleanAnswer(){ } /** * create your own default answer * @param answer the answer to set */ public BooleanAnswer(boolean answer){ setAnswer(answer); } /** * @return the answer */ public boolean isTrue() { return answer; } /** * @param answer the answer to set */ public void setAnswer(boolean answer) { this.answer = answer; } /** * @return the index */ public int getIndex() { return index; } /** * @param index the index to set */ public void setIndex(int index) { this.index = index; } I then modified my Decision table so it looks like: CONDITION ACTION answer: BooleanAnswer index answer.setAnswer($param); index Allowed 2 TRUE TRUE This built the proper rule and works fine. It appears that drools is not set up to store values in an object that was not referenced in the condition. Is this true? If so, it seems this should be a request for future enhancement. If not, then how do I do this without referencing my recipient object in the condition. Thanks! Thom Hehl Sr. eJuror Architect * Office (859) 277-8800 x 144 * Thomas.Hehl(a)acs-inc.com <mailto:Thomas.Hehl@acs-inc.com> ACS, Inc. Government Solutions 1733 Harrodsburg Road Lexington, KY 40504-3617 This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message and notify sender via e-mail at Thomas.Hehl(a)acs-inc.com <mailto:Thomas.Hehl@acs-inc.com> or by telephone at 859-277-8800 ext. 144. Thank you.