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OpenRules User's Guide

OpenRules, Inc. offers a suite of tools for Business Rules Management and Web Application Development.  This suite is based on commonly used tools such as MS Excel and Eclipse and a set of Open Source Libraries.  The OpenRules installation provides an all-in-one download containing key technologies to simplify the building of rule services and rules-based web interfaces.  This guide provides both business analysts and software developers with the detailed information they may need for the development, deployment and maintenance of rules-based applications using OpenRules.  

 

Table Of Content
About This Tutorial Introduction         OpenRules Overview         Business Rules Management Methodology         BRMS - Business Rules Management Systems         Architecture of OpenRules-based Applications OpenRules Case Study: Clinical Guidelines         Part 1 - Creating a Basic Rule Project          Part 2 - Adding A Web Interface Spreadsheet Management         Workbooks, Worksheets, and Tables         How OpenRules Tables Are Recognized         Table Example         Business and Technical Views Decision Support Rules         Introducing Simple Decision Table         How Decision Tables Are Organized         Using Templates         How Decision Tables Are Executed         Using Natural Language Inside Rules         Horizontal and Vertical Rule Tables         Separating Business and Technical Information         Data Types for Decision Tables         Hide/Show Technical Information Rule Templates         Simple Rule Templates         Templates with Defaults Rules for Multi-Hit Tables         Templates with Defaults Rules for Single-Hit Tables         Partial Template Implementation         Templates with Optional Conditions and Actions Business Rules Repository Logical and Physical Rule Repositories Hierarchy of inter-related Excel Workbooks     Included Files and Include Path     Common Libraries of Rule Workbooks     Imports from Java     Imports from XML Parameterized Rule Repositories Rules Version Control DB-based Repositories Rules Authoring and Maintenance Tools Rules Testing Facilities Data Modeling         How To Define Data Types And Test Data         Data Types Independence         Excel-based Datatype and Data Tables         How Datatype Tables Are Organized         How Data Tables Are Organized         How To Define Data for Aggregated Datatypes         Finding Data Elements Using Their IDs         Cross-References Between Data Tables	Rules Validation Tools         Eclipse Plug-In         Batch Rules Validator OpenRules API       OpenRulesEngine Execution Logic       Relationships among Rules Inside Decision Tables         Multi-Hit Rules Tables       Rules Overrides       Dynamic Rules Updates         Single-Hit Rules Tables       Relationships among Rule Tables Integration with Java and XML OpenRules Implementation of JSR-94 API OpenRules Inside JSP Applications API  for OpenRules Forms Web Form Management         Introducing Simple Layout Tables         How Layout Tables Are Organized         Embedding layouts         Formatting Output Fields         Excel Formatting         Interaction Logic         Libraries of Predefined Solutions         Customized Style Sheets         Generating PDF Documents         Deployment         Sample Web Application Sample Web Application "Guessing Game"         Number Guessing Game Description         OpenRules Implementation         Comparison To Other Web Development Techniques Project Configuration          JDK and Eclipse Configuration         Tomcat Configuration         OpenRules Workspace         OpenRules Jars         OpenRules Build Files         Library of Convenience Java Tools         Library of Convenience OpenRules Forms         Custom Project Configuration         Main and Included OpenRules Files         Project Deployment         Embedding OpenRules in Java Applications         Deploying Rules as Web Services         Deploying Rules and Forms as Web Applications         Deployment on Web Servers             Tomcat Deployment             WebSphere Deployment             WebLogic Deployment

 

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