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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

When you should read this book

The quick answer to when is now. More and more businesses are moving online and adopting digital tools – and that’s even before you consider the wave of disruption that AI is hit most office-based jobs with.

Excel is a great starting point for this move, but sooner or later, you will need a pathway to more powerful solutions. This book gives you one clear pathway. It has the added bonus that capturing your knowledge in a when … then format separates the business knowledge from the technical implementation, making your investment much more likely to last into the future.

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