[rules-users] Decision Table Management Process

[dme1]

Hi,

I am looking for the best approach to manage decision tables within Drools,
essentially the hand-off process between developers and Business Analysts.

There are 2 ways to create and maintain Decision Tables in Drools

1. Use the XLS based decision tables. This requires developers to create the
initial XLS file with sample data, and work with the BAs to fill in the
actual requirements. On an ongoing basis if BAs require to maintain rules in
XLS based decision tables, they have to download the the existing XLS file,
update the rules using Excel - prettify as required for grouping etc.,
upload back to Guvnor and then test the rules.

2. Use the Guided Decision Table feature. This feature is available only in
Guvnor, and any tables created in Guvnor cannot be opened and maintained in
Eclipse (atleast not easily as at this time you are essentially looking at
updating XML files). So developers have to create/update rules in Guvnor as
well as BAs use the same tools to update/maintain rules in Guvnor. 

Are there any other/better options available to create/manage decision
tables and co-ordinate the efforts between development (who prefer to use
Eclipse based tooling) and BAs (who would benefit from the richer features
available in Guvnor).

Thanks,
dme



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