Team collaboration
Keep business experts and developers aligned around the latest approved decision model while preserving earlier versions, controlling access, and using the repository technology your organization already trusts.
Core controls
Teams need both reliable version history and clear access rules when business logic changes over time.
Ensure everyone works with the latest decision model while preserving older versions that can be restored when needed. This is especially important when a decision must be executed using the business rules that were valid months earlier.
Control who can view or modify rule-repository files, including Excel workbooks, project.properties, and pom.xml. Excel and organizational access controls can provide read-only access, workbook protection, and protection for worksheets or specific decision tables.
Local rule repository
OpenRules decision projects—including Excel workbooks and supporting project files—can be stored in a standard version-control system such as GitHub. This keeps model changes visible, preserves prior versions, and lets teams restore an earlier ruleset when business or audit needs require it.
For locally stored Excel rule repositories, organizations can combine Git-based version control with operating-system groups and Excel’s built-in protection options. Microsoft documents the available levels of protection and security in Excel.
SharePoint rule repository
Organizations can use Microsoft SharePoint as a single platform for storing and sharing decision-model documents. Employees in different departments, offices, or regions can access important files securely while SharePoint version control keeps the latest version available and preserves earlier versions.
Microsoft Office integration also allows teams to collaborate on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents in real time.
Put collaboration into practice
OpenRules can help your organization establish a practical workflow for authoring, reviewing, protecting, and deploying shared decision models.
