20 June 2024

How to set up the decision engine

Ensure that you have the permissions defined in the pre-requisites and then set up the decision engine.

Pre-requisites

Ensure that administrators setting up decision making have the required permissions as detailed in the table Admin permissions. For more information on roles and permissions, go to What is authorisation?

Admin permissions

Task

Authorisation area

Permission

View admissions settings

Web apps

Settings - Use Application

Add offers, academic conditions, and so on

Reference data

Reference data - Edit

Set up the decision engine

Set up the decision engine as follows:

  1. Log in as administrator and with the required permissions as defined in the pre-requisites.

  2. Add the reference data required for decisioning making as detailed in the table Reference data.

    Reference data

    Reference data

    Description

    Related topics

    Academic conditions

    Academic conditions, such as ATAR 69.2 or higher.

    Attention.

    Academic conditions may require values from the reference data for qualifications an points types.

    How to add academic conditions

    Qualifications

    Qualifications, such as Diploma of Nursing.

    How to add qualifications

    Points type

    Points, such as ATAR.

    How to add application types points

    Non-academic conditions

    Non-academic conditions, such a valid student visa. Note that non-academic conditions are clearance checks.

    How to add clearance checks

  3. Add the offers that combine academic and non-academic conditions to define the entry requirements of courses. For example, ATAR units 3 and 4 study score of at least 20 in mathematical methods or specialist mathematics.

    For more information, go to How to add offers.