Four universal business benefits of utilizing a decision platform. When someone mentions decision automation with a decision platform, what’s the...
Oh, the Wondrous Things You Can Do…
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Loading and Using Third Party ADO.NET Data Providers
One of the great things about InRule is that there are numerous spots within the product where you can extend native functionalities to be able to...
No Values: Much Ado About Nothing
In computer terms, what is nothing, and why should you care? Even for rule authors with a development background, a quick review of how InRule...
Using User Defined Functions Felicitously
Like many InRule users, my background is in software development. As a result, I often find myself taking whatever means I can to bypass low-code...
Survey Says…Use InRule for Questionnaires!
The concept of using decision logic to manage questionnaires is probably not a reach when you consider the complexity those types of user...
Enhancing Performance with Testing
We are always looking for ways we can do better. At InRule, our goal is to make automation accessible. Rule authoring is an iterative process. As...
Give it a REST! Part 1: Calling the irServer REST Rule Execution Service from a Rule App
Warning: in the InRule Blog, we have a wide variety of posts - some are targeted towards business users, and others are targeted towards the more...
Merging Rules With… Other Rules?
Introducing the irAuthor Merge Extension What is a merge tool? While InRule is designed to empower business users to author their own rules, there...
Guidelines for Organizing Business Rules
In irAuthor, as with most software with structured logic, when you decide to implement a new application or a new addition to an existing...
Binding Data schema for improved Data Model Creation
Your rule application is like your house: both benefit from a strong foundation. For rule applications, the entity structure (also called the...
Naming Patterns
A rose, by any other name, might be a cactus. If you come from a development background, you know that there's an incredible amount of discussion...
Understanding the complexity of testing tools
Testing rules in a rule engine is not quite the same as testing code. Verifying correct behavior and results in simple rule applications can be as...
Solving Strange Challenges Using Blackjack
Blackjack, Twenty-One, Pontoon, Vingt-et-Un: it goes by many names, but the concept remains consistent - get 21 points and beat the dealer. A simple...
Patterns & Practices: Current Context and Nested Comparisons
When I first became a rule author, one of the initial challenges I encountered was making nested comparisons that compared one of the fields of one...
Simplifying Documentation with InRule
Documentation can often be seen as a hassle. From finding time to write new documentation, updating existing or searching for previously generated...
READY FOR RULES?
You’d Like to Say Yes to a Rule Engine: Here’s How to Prepare for Success in Your Implementation It can be exciting to envision the day when the...
Please Mr. Postman
“Please Mr. Postman” was a marvelous song by The Marvelettes from 1961. Postman also happens to be a marvelous 3rd- party tool which I often...
Basic irCatalog Management Using Powershell
Hand-modification of a web.config file is one of the more common post-installation tasks that our customers find themselves performing. Similarly,...
Secrets of the Lost Dynamics Schema
When I need to explore a schema in Microsoft Dynamics, the first tool in my schema archaeology toolbox is irAuthor. More specifically, it's irAuthor...
Extensions: The Drinking Bird of irAuthor
One of my all-time favorite episodes of The Simpsons is the one when Homer intentionally gains weight so that he can get on disability and work from...
Rule Harvesting Accelerator Program: Migrating Rules into InRule
If you have ever used or considered using a rule engine or business rule management system (BRMS), you have given quite a lot of thought to how the...
Business Rule Reporting with Custom irAuthor Extensions
To Repro or Not to Repro, That is the Question
The Product Support group at InRule Technology is primarily responsible for handling support requests from customers who have encountered issues...
New Feature: Background Compilation
We have added a new feature to the product that you should know about, because it can improve the overall performance of your .NET applications that...
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