2.3
The world of workflow automation just got better. This month Decisions has released version 2.3 of its Workflow Automation Platform. This release includes a number of updates that will make it easier for you to create, test, and deploy your applications.
Rule Table (or "Truth" Table)
Internally we call this the "truth" table because you can take a ton of data, run it through the rule table, and arrive at pure, undefiled, truth. Ok, so we are having a little fun with that one, but the Rule Table is a major highlight of this release. Why? Read on.
The rule table is a different view into the definition of business rules. Traditional rules were designed to be constructed in a structured manner but to resemble English (they can be read as a sentence). The truth table is a departure from this where it can define a set of conditions and multiple answers to them in a table format. It uses the same set of rules but allows multiple answers.
When evaluating a truth table the engine can return the first answer that evaluated true or all answers that evaluate true.
Ok, so you have an idea of what it does, now how does it help you create, build, or deploy? Let's say you are building a recommendation engine into your application. Without the rule table you would have needed to create either a complex workflow, or a plethora of single rules. With the rule table you can simply create the matrix, and let the table do the work for you.
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