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Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804619544

Length 386 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Power Query

Tools

Excel

Concepts

Information Management

Authors (2):

Paul Browne (GBP)

ALEX PORCELLI

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:The Problem with Excel, and Why Rule-Based AI Can Be the Solution FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Wrestling with Excel? You Are Not Alone

3. Chapter 2: Choosing an AI and Business Rules Engine – Why Drools and KIE?

4. Chapter 3: Your First Business Rule with the Online KIE Sandbox

5. Part 2: Writing Business Rules and Decision Models – with Real-Life Examples

6. Chapter 4: More Decision Models, Business Rules, and Decision Tables

7. Chapter 5: Sharing and Deploying Decision Models Using OpenShift and GitHub

8. Chapter 6: Calling Business Rules from Excel Using Power Query

9. Part 3: Extending Excel, Decision Models, and Business Process Automation into a Complete Enterprise Solution

10. Chapter 7: Using Business Rules in Excel with Visual Basic, Script Lab, or Office Scripts

11. Chapter 8: Using AI and Decision Services Within Power Automate Workflows

12. Chapter 9: Advanced Expressions, Decision Models, and Testing

13. Part 4: Next Steps in AI, Machine Learning, and Rule Engines

14. Chapter 10: Scaling Rules in Business Central with Docker and the Cloud

15. Chapter 11: Rules-Based AI and Machine Learning AI – Combining the Best of Both

16. Chapter 12: What Next? A Look inside Neural Networks, Enterprise Projects, Advanced Rules, and the Rule Engine

17. Index

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18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix A - Introduction to Visual Basic for Applications

Introduction to macros and VBA

1. Appendix B - Testing Using VSCode, Azure, and GitHub Codespaces

2. Appendix C - Troubleshooting Docker

What is (and why) Power Automate?

Microsoft Power Automate (formerly known as Flow) is one of the hundreds of workflow offerings on the market – do a search for Workflow Engine if you want to look for yourself. So why does this book choose it, especially when Kogito also has a workflow engine built in?

As a Microsoft product, Power Automate is highly integrated with Office, including Excel. The hosted version is available online, without setup, to most Office users.
Power Automate is aimed at Excel Power users – a good crossover with the readership of this book. Meanwhile, Kogito’s workflow engine is more complex and is targeted at developers. And Power Automate strikes a nice balance – while easy to use, it is still more powerful than consumer-orientated services such as IFTTT.com.
Power Automate follows the Business Process Model Notation (BPMN) standard, so many of the concepts you learn about in this chapter will be applicable to other...

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