How to Build a Business Rules Engine
Extending Application Functionality through Metadata Engineering
- 483 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
How to Build a Business Rules Engine
Extending Application Functionality through Metadata Engineering
About This Book
·This is the only book that demonstrates how to develop a business rules engine. Covers user requirements, data modeling, metadata, and more.·A sample application is used throughout the book to illustrate concepts. The code for the sample application is available online at http://www.refdataportal.com. ·Includes conceptual overview chapters suitable for management-level readers, including general introduction, business justification, development and implementation considerations, and more.·This is the only book that demonstrates how to develop a business rules engine. Covers user requirements, data modeling, metadata, and more.·A sample application is used throughout the book to illustrate concepts. The code for the sample application is available online at http://www.refdataportal.com. ·Includes conceptual overview chapters suitable for management-level readers, including general introduction, business justification, development and implementation considerations, and more.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- How to Build a Business Rules Engine
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- Audience
- Organization
- The Sample Application
- Chapter 1. WHAT ARE BUSINESS RULES AND BUSINESS RULES ENGINES?
- Chapter 2. WHY BUILD A BUSINESS RULES ENGINE?
- Chapter 3. DATA MODELING AND DATABASE DESIGN
- Chapter 4. WHO DEFINES BUSINESS RULES AND WHEN DO THEY DO IT?
- Chapter 5. THE ATOMICITY OF BUSINESS RULES
- Chapter 6. THE BLACK BOX PROBLEM
- Chapter 7. THE COMPONENTS OF A BUSINESS RULES ENGINE
- Chapter 8. POPULATING TABLE DATA IN THE REPOSITORY
- Chapter 9. POPULATING COLUMN DATA IN THE REPOSITORY
- Chapter 10. POPULATING RELATIONSHIP AND SUBTYPE DATA IN THE REPOSITORY
- Chapter 11. POPULATING REFERENCE DATA IN THE REPOSITORY
- Chapter 12. DEFINING BUSINESS PROCESSES AND RELATED INFORMATION
- Chapter 13. EXTENDING THE DATABASE
- Chapter 14. MANAGING THE DATABASE
- Chapter 15. IMPLEMENTING A SIMPLE BUSINESS RULE
- Chapter 16. MORE EDIT VALIDATION RULES, RULE COMPONENTS, AND RULE VERSIONS
- Chapter 17. RULE TYPES FOR CHECKING REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY
- Chapter 18. WORKING WITH BATCH PROCESSES: SETTING INDICATORS AND REFERENCE DATA CODE VALUES
- Chapter 19. IMPLEMENTING RULE TYPES USING RELATIONSHIPS AND SUBTYPES
- Chapter 20. RULES WITH SUBTYPES AND BUSINESS METADATA
- Chapter 21. DEBUGGING IN BUSINESS RULES ENGINES
- Chapter 22. MANAGING THE BUSINESS RULES ENGINE
- Appendix A. USING THE SAMPLE APPLICATION
- Resources and Further Reading
- Index