Four different ways to work with business rules
Now that we know about containers, let’s look at the four main ways we will use them to run business rules as we work through this book. Remember that unlike Excel, the choice of tool to edit rules is separate from the choice of engine to run the rules. We present the four main choices here in a way that keeps things simple, but you still have the option to pick and choose between them.
These options start with the simplest and work up to the more powerful. This is in line with our journey from Excel to enterprise-grade solutions. In all four suggestions, we continue to use Excel from our laptop and call the business rule engine no matter where it is located:
- Editing in KIE Sandbox online, using KIE extended services on your laptop as the engine: This is the solution we start with as it is the easiest to use. It hides a lot of the complexity, which is great for getting started, but works best for single users.
- Editing...