---
title: "PolicyDecision"
description: "the choice made, the chance it had, the alternatives, the version of the policy, the outcome when read"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/policydecision
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PolicyDecision

the choice made, the chance it had, the alternatives, the version of the policy, the outcome when read

[figure: PolicyDecision is a fact at follows scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | fact |
| scope | follows |
| key | the policy, its version and the moment |
| store | postgres+lake |
| family | models |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `policy` | `text` | yes |  |
| `version` | `text` | yes |  |
| `choice` | `json` | yes |  |
| `chance` | `chance` | yes |  |
| `alternatives` | `[json]` | yes |  |
| `outcome` | `json` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns PolicyDecision directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.