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AI and Business Rule Engines for Excel Power Users

This book helps you progress to the next generation of Excel tools, using Business Rules, Decision Services, and AI to automate mundane tasks and build more robust solutions. With the help of this book, you’ll be able to integrate tools such as Kogito, KIE, Drools, Office Script, Power Query, Power Automate, Microsoft Forms, and VBA to build end-to-end OpenShift and Azure cloud-based solutions.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

12h52m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

This book is for Excel power users, business users, and business analysts looking for a tool to capture their knowledge and deploy it as part of enterprise-grade systems. Working proficiency with MS Excel is required. Basic knowledge of web technologies and scripting would be an added advantage.

Book content

chapters 12h52m total length

Wrestling with Excel? You Are Not Alone

Choosing an AI and Business Rules Engine – Why Drools and KIE?

Your First Business Rule with the Online KIE Sandbox

More Decision Models, Business Rules, and Decision Tables

Sharing and Deploying Decision Models Using OpenShift and GitHub

Calling Business Rules from Excel Using Power Query

Using Business Rules in Excel with Visual Basic, Script Lab, or Office Scripts

Using AI and Decision Services Within Power Automate Workflows

Advanced Expressions, Decision Models, and Testing

Scaling Rules in Business Central with Docker and the Cloud

Rules-Based AI and Machine Learning AI – Combining the Best of Both

What Next? A Look inside Neural Networks, Enterprise Projects, Advanced Rules, and the Rule Engine

Appendix A, Introduction to Visual Basic for Applications

Appendix B, Testing Using VSCode, Azure, and GitHub Codespaces

Appendix C, Troubleshooting Docker

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