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# 1. Decision Matrix Overview

**COBBLESTONE SOFTWARE**

Contract Insight — User Guide

**1. Decision Matrix Overview**

*03. Admin User Manual › Decision Matrices › 1. Decision Matrix Overview*

**Note:** Each procedure in this guide begins at the Contract Insight homepage, so any section can be followed on its own. Custom fields are configurable, so the exact field list on a contract category record may vary between environments.

# 1. Overview

Surveys > **Decision Matrices** lists every configured decision matrix (41 records in this environment) with columns for its Decision ID, Name, an internal GUID-style Decision ID, and Date Created/Updated with the creating user. A matrix record itself is a lightweight header (Name, Description, Active Yes/No, Public Yes/No, Created By/Date Created, UpdatedBy/Date Updated) — the actual question-and-branch logic lives in a separate **Decision Matrix Designer**, opened from the list. The Designer describes itself as showing "the questions this matrix asks, and where each **answer** leads," and presents that logic as a draggable node **map**: a **First Question** box branches to **Answer** boxes, which in turn lead to further Question boxes, Ending responses, or nodes that currently "lead nowhere yet." A second "**List & edit**" tab presents the same structure in tabular form. Toolbar controls let a builder zoom, auto-**Arrange** the layout, **Snap** nodes to a grid, and export the **map** as PNG or SVG.

# 2. Key Elements

- Surveys > **Decision Matrices** is the list of every configured matrix, showing its ID, Name, and creation/update metadata (41 records in this environment).
- A matrix's own record holds header-level fields — Name, Description, Active, Public, and audit fields — while its question/**answer** logic lives in the separate **Decision Matrix Designer**.
- The Designer's **Map** view renders the matrix as a node diagram: a **First Question** leads to **Answer** nodes, which lead to further Questions or an **Ending response**, with a legend distinguishing each node type (including nodes that "lead nowhere yet").
- Nodes can be dragged to rearrange the tree, and each node has inline edit/add/delete controls; a "**List & edit**" tab offers the same content in a non-visual, tabular form.
- The Designer toolbar supports zooming, an **Arrange** auto-layout, **Snap**-to-grid, and exporting the current **map** as a PNG or SVG image.

# 3. Quick Reference Summary

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