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Ratelists: Nested and Else Rules

In this article, you will learn how to combine rates in Ratelists efficiently using Nested and Else rules.

Ratelists consist of multiple rules, depending on the complexity of your rates. You can combine these rules using two main branching options, Nested rules and Else rules.

  • Nested Rule

    • Stacking logic: "And also..."

  • Else Rule

    • Fallback logic: "If not, then..."

Nested Rules

Nested Rules allow you to "stack" rules on top of each other to handle specific rate scenarios. Instead of creating a separate rule for every possible combination, you can start with a broad rule (e.g. "Hostess" profession) and nest another rule inside it (e.g. "Leader" role).

How it works:

The system only checks the Nested Rules if the main "parent" condition is met first.

  • If the main condition is met, the system proceeds to check the rules inside (the "children").
  • If the main condition is not met, the system immediately skips the entire group of nested rules. 
Example:

A Hostess wage is €20/hr. If they are also a Shift leader, they get €4/hr lead bonus. If that leader is a senior staff (Rating higher than 30), they get an additional €2/hr bonus.

A staff member must be working in a position created for the hostess profession for the system to check if the Role is a Shift leader. If yes, the system then checks their Rating. If the position's profession is not hostess, the Role and Rating rules are skipped entirely.

  • Not a Hostess → The main rule and all its nested rules are not applied.
  • Hostess → €20 per hour.
  • Hostess and leader → €24 per hour (€20 + €4).
  • Hostess and leader with rating higher than 30 → €26 per hour (€20 + €4 + €2).

Else Rules

Else Rules allow you to create a fallback logic for when the first condition is not met. System checks available Else rules until it either finds a match or run out of Else rules in the group.

How it works:

  • If the first condition is met, the system applies the rule and ignores other connected Else rules.
  • If the first condition is not met, the system moves down to the Else rule to check if the next condition is met.
Example:

Staff members are paid differently based on their rating when working as Crew. There are in total 3 pay groups.

  • Rating > 90 = €25 per hour.
  • Rating > 80 = €23 per hour.
  • Rating 80 and lower = €21 per hour.

When position is created for the Crew profession, the system checks Rating of attending staff. The system scans the Else rules until it finds the first match. Once a match is found, the system applies that rate and ignores the rest of the tree. This ensures only one rate is applied.

For example:

  • Rating 95 → €25 per hour.
  • Rating 85 → €23 per hour.
  • Rating 50 → €21 per hour.

Unlike Nested rules, the Else rules are not added together. The system simply finds the first match and after that ignores the rest.