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SAP NetWeaver DSM: Great solution, but wondering where to apply?
I am part of the SAP team who has been introducing SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management (SAP NetWeaver DSM) to the market since its launch in 2012. I have to admit that while we focused so much on...
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A Business Rules Engine should not replace Z-Tables...
Carsten Ziegler recently wrote a great blog post entitled How to Kill Custom Code and Z-Tables in which he shared how he was able to use a business rules engine (SAP DSM) to implement a simple business...
View ArticleOptimization of Rule Driven Systems
What is optimization of rule driven systems about? Just imagine you are a manager who uses the SAP Decision Service Management solution. You speficied and implemented business rules for a business...
View ArticleGreat performance improvements in NW DSM/BRFplus
In the first half of 2013 BRFplus reached a milestone with more than 1000 customers. BRFplus and its successor, NetWeaver Decision Service Management, can be considered one of the most used business...
View ArticleDecision Management in the Enterprise – It’s Time for a Conference
I already blogged in the past that in my opinion SAP’s BRM technology has great potential because it allows to separate business rules form business processes in IT systems and can make ERP systems...
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Modelling Rulesets Using Ontologies
Many decision services are classifications: a certain case (think of an insurance claim) has to classified by looking at the facts related to this case. The processing of this case consist of a chain...
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A Small Piece of Research: Modelling Decision Tables Using Ontologies
In my last weblog I blogged about modeling rulesets using ontologies. In a comment Jann Müller asked me whether it is possible to generate BRFplus rulesets from ontologies. I mentioned some problems...
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What are your BRFplus Best Practices as ISV or Architect of a large Custom...
Most people in custom development who work with BRFplus use it for two purposes:SAP exposes a decision service and developers implement rule sets in own BRFplus applications and assign it to a...
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Dynamic Filter of Decision Table in DSM/BRFplus
There are some situations where we need to restrict the values of a decision table based on the login Business user, Roles and Authorizations to fulfill the business requirement. Example: A...
View ArticleNew Articles on Collections Management and HANA Integration
Let me point out two new articles we recently published. While the first article shows how to use SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management for enhancing a specific business scenario, the second...
View ArticleHurry up for BRFplus/DSM Call for Conference of DSAG!
Last December I blogged about “Decision Management in the Enterprise – It’s Time for a Conference”. Members of the working group “Software Development SAP NetWeaver ABAP and Java” of the German SAP...
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Some Aspects about Transport and Extension of BRFplus Applications from the...
In this blog entry I will discuss some advanced aspects of business rule management using BRFplus. It is not likely that those aspects are relevant for most BRFplus projects, but they will occur in...
View ArticleConfiguration By Exception: Why BRFplus is Superior to Customizing
If you are reading my blog you will have recognized that the business rule framework BRFplus resp. DSM is my favorite topic at the moment. The reason is simple: I consider it as strategic technology,...
View ArticleThe Evolution of BRF to BRFplus: From Naming Conventions to Robust and...
In the last time I had many interesting talks with experts for the old BRF tool that learned about BRFplus. It is really interesting that those people have a completely different view how to structure...
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February 2014: Reader’s Digest for SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management...
It is hard to keep track of all the contributions. Especially in the last few weeks a lot of new blogs and documents have been provided. Time for a new reader’s digest blog about new content! Some of...
View ArticleCommon Misconceptions of DSM/BRFplus
I am glad that many people read my blogs about BRFplus/DSM on SCN and I got many questions about them. And it is even more interesting there are three questions I’m hearing all the time so I decided to...
View ArticleRules in BRFplus – Naming and Isolation
The concept of named vs. unnamed objects objects seems to be the most confusing one in ABAP programming. Unlike in other programming languages so far ABAP knows only named objects: development objects...
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New and Updated SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management (DSM) Roadmap
It is with great pleasure and pride that I am writing a blog again. In this opportunity, I want to share that a new and updated SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management Roadmap is available for public...
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Do you make decisions? Or just rules?
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball coach and former player An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and...
View ArticleLearn more about Decision Management - a webinar on European time
Success with business rules products like BRFplus or NetWeaver Decision Service Management relies on a focus on decisions - on Decision Management. To introduce this topic I will be giving a webinar on...
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