by Dan Gardiner | Mar 4, 2021 | All, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure, Tips & Tricks, Tips & Tricks
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 easily support integrating with new things that we haven’t added into the core product (yet). One of those areas is...
by Dan Gardiner | Aug 25, 2020 | Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Patterns & Practices, Patterns & Practices, Software Development, Software Development, Tips & Tricks, Tips & Tricks, Tools, Tools
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 tools: When I need to make changes to a WordPress website, I inevitably become annoyed at the rich text editor and end up...
by Dan Gardiner | Jul 28, 2020 | All, Application Management, Application Management, Business Management, Business Management, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Decision Platform
In my last post, I discussed ways to programmatically modify Rule Applications in code to handle different configurations and data requirements in different environments. While that method is certainly useful, it takes significantly more effort than is necessary to...
by Dan Gardiner | Jul 8, 2020 | All, Application Management, Application Management, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Integration, Integration, Software Development, Software Development
Warning: As with the previous posts about Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, this post is intended for a technical/developer audience. Background A while back, I started a series about CI/CD with a pair of blog posts that walk through examples of ways to...
by Dan Gardiner | Apr 28, 2020 | All, All, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure
In the first part of this two-part series, we created a Rule App that calls out to an irServer REST Rule Execution Service (RES) – if you haven’t already, I’d highly recommend reading through that first. In this part, we’re going to briefly touch on how to configure...
by Dan Gardiner | Apr 21, 2020 | All, All, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Tips & Tricks, Tips & Tricks
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 technical side of our customer base. This post is the first in a two-part series about interacting with REST...
by Dan Gardiner | Apr 14, 2020 | All, All, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Force.com platform, Force.com platform, Integration, Integration, JavaScript, JavaScript, Salesforce, Salesforce
In a previous post, we looked at the fantastic integration options that are available out-of-the-box with our Salesforce integration. While the functionality that integration provides will be sufficient for the majority of InRule customers, there are always edge cases...
by Dan Gardiner | Apr 7, 2020 | All, All, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Force.com platform, Force.com platform, Integration, Integration, Salesforce, Salesforce
It’s been over three years since we introduced InRule for Salesforce, and our Salesforce integration is now stronger than ever. If you want a deep dive into the integration, you’re in luck – we just released a webinar that goes into all the juicy details. Want to dive...
by Dan Gardiner | Mar 18, 2020 | All, All, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Patterns & Practices, Patterns & Practices, Process, Process, Tips & Tricks, Tips & Tricks
Introducing the irAuthor Merge Extension What is a merge tool? While InRule is designed to empower business users to author their own rules, there will inevitably be folks from the IT side of the organization that interact with business rules at some point – be it for...
by Dan Gardiner | Jul 30, 2019 | All, All, Programming, Programming, Software Development, Software Development
Welcome back! For those of you just joining us, this is part two of a pair of blog posts discussing CI/CD with rule apps – you can find the previous post here. Part Two: irCatalog Check-In Triggered, Catalog-Sourced Rule App, Promoting Pipeline Scenario: For this...