A: Hello digitalriser,

Thank you for your question and the interest in the DecisionRules.

The input attributes declare in the DecisionRules what is expected as an input, e.g. Name = John, this will be input that is different for all the decisions, there is no purpose to storing them in the rule variable. In case you can't use the rule variable, you create one and assign the value which you will be using in the condition.
Or there is one more way that you can assign the input attribute to the condition.

Should you have more questions about the rules setup do not hesitate to contact us at support@decisionrules.io where we can take a look at your particular example.

Regards,
Erik