From Excel to Hyperon
Some organization moved their business logic to Excel files, that are integrated with several systems. Of course, such approach has its advantages, if you compare it to hard code everything alternative:
Business users are familiar with Excel, so they can create and modify business logic without the need of programming nor IT specialists.
Excel supports many complicated mathematical functions.
However, this solution is not perfect:
The structure gets more and more complicated as it involves more spreadsheets.
It's hard to maintain the files, because there are kept locally. Sometimes the changes aren't merged, if two or more users work on the same file simultaneously.
You have to hard code some logic in order to interpret Excel files and keep them in sync.
If you want to keep all the advantages of keeping the business logic in Excel files and eliminate all its flaws, consider migrating the business logic to Hyperon. Your architecture will get so much clearer and easier to maintain.
Business rules and parameters kept in Excel
Rings represent systems using business logic kept in spreadsheets.
Business rules and parameters kept in Hyperon
Rings represent systems using business logic kept in Hyperon.
More possibilities
your business user will be able still work in Excel thank to import/export feature,
you will manager user privileges easily,
create and maintain many versions of the parametrization.
Key features
Hyperon Studio
Web UI that lets users to manage their business rules
Hyperon Runtime
Engine embeddable as a lightweight jar
Hyperon REST API
Evaluate parameters or functions via HTTP
Time versioning
Create multiple versions of the business logic and schedule them in a timeline
Domain Designer
Design any domain you want to configure with business logic
Functions
Groovy-based scripting language that lets users to extend decision tables
Persistence engine
Optional fast persister of domain model data
Built-in profilers
Monitor the usage of decision tables and DSL scripts or functions
Import / Export to Excel
You can import / export configuration from / to Excel