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description: Before you set up the Policy Rules Framework in Education Cloud, make sure that Advanced Academic Operations is turned on and that you create the required Decision Explainer records. Decision Explainer records capture logs for every rule run, so you can see how and why a decision, such as student eligibility or score calculation, was made.
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# Policy Rules Framework Prerequisites

Before you set up the Policy Rules Framework in Education Cloud, make sure that Advanced Academic Operations is turned on and that you create the required Decision Explainer records. Decision Explainer records capture logs for every rule run, so you can see how and why a decision, such as student eligibility or score calculation, was made.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d84149e75 ">To turn on Advanced Academic Operations:</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d84149e75 ">To create Decision Explainer records:</td>

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1. Make sure that [Advanced Academic Operations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_advanced_academic_operations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use Advanced Academic Operations to extend Education Cloud with student information system (SIS) capabilities that streamline and automate academic processes.") is turned on.
2. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Decision Explainer, and then select **Business Process Type Definition**.
3. Select **New Business Process Type Definition**.
    1. Enter a label for the record.
    2. Enter EduGpaCalc as the developer name.
    3. Select **Explainability Service** as the application usage type.
    4. Save your changes.
4. In the sidebar, select **Application Subtype Definition**.
5. Select **New Application Subtype Definition**.
    1. Enter a label for the record.
    2. Enter EduGpaCalc as the developer name.
    3. Select **Explainability Service** as the application usage type.
    4. Save your changes.
6. In the sidebar, select **Explainability Action Definition**.
7. Select **New Explainability Action Definition**.
    1. Enter a label for the record.
    2. Enter EduGpaCalc as the developer name.
    3. Find and select **EduGpaCalc** as the business process type.
    4. Select **Education Cloud** as the application type.
    5. Select **Other** as the action log schema type.
    6. Find and select **EduGpaCalc** as the application subtype.
    7. Save your changes.
8. In the sidebar, select **Explainability Action Version**.
9. Select **New Explainability Action Version**.
    1. Enter EduGpaCalc as the label.
    2. Find and select **EduGpaCalc** as the explainability action definition.
    3. Select **Active**.
    4. Save your changes.

SEE ALSO:

- [Decision Explainer](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.concept_decision_explainer.htm&language=en_US)