20 June 2024

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 136 UCAS tariff points 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 City and Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England.	How to add qualifications
   Points type	Points, such as UCAS tariff points.	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 programmes. For example, 136 UCAS tariff points including A level grade A in biology and physics.

   For more information, go to How to add offers.