BRFplus-Business Rule Management for ABAP Applications

In modern architectures, business rules are modeled and maintained in central engines. BRF+ is the tool of choice for developing business rules in ABAP. This book introduces BRF+ in all its aspects. It explains the tool s architecture and how its rules are structured. You will learn how to modify and develop rules, how to incorporate them into your own landscape, and how to extend BRF+. Including extensive examples and tutorials, this book is a one-stop resource for developers as well as business analysts.

* Explore the capabilities of ABAP s new Business Rule Framework
* Find out about functionality, content management, expression and action types, and more
* Benefit from detailed code tutorials, deployment tips, and extension options

BRF+ Walk-Through and Tutorial
Get started with a complete tour through all Workbench tools, follow the development cycle, and learn how to create applications in the Workbench or via the API.

Objects
Learn how to define, use, and link objects to each other, and benefit from a comprehensive reference for all object types, such as expressions, actions, and more.

Tools, Deployment, and Administration
The book covers the entire development cycle: Imports and exports, transports, administration, as well as remote and local scenarios, are all dealt with in detail.

Advanced Topics
Once your applications are deployed, you ll want to tune them: Find out how to enhance performance, trace processing, extend BRF+ functionality, and integrate it into custom user interfaces.

* Business rules and management
* Object management
* Objects
* Functions
* Data objects
* Rules and rulesets
* Expression and action types
* Tools and administration
* Advanced topics
* Performance
* Tracing
* Extending BRF+
* UI integration
* Deployment and methodology