Today's businesses are aware of the need for rapid control of unusual business activities that almost immediately influence cash flow, production activity, purchasing, etc. Implementation can be accomplished with the application of a rule engine that carries out continuous sampling of the system and warns of deviations from the norms.

BSignal Rules Manager is a simple, very rapid and reliable rule engine that is connected to a SAP environment very naturally. The BSignal Rules Manager provides clear and immediate warnings about various events that occur in an organization according to rules defined in advance through the use of a simple and intuitive interface.

The Challenge
SAP, in its various versions (mySAP, Netweaver), is a complex ERP program that manages most areas of activity within an organization. Data from different departments – financial data, logistical data, etc. – are routinely kept in SAP. Although data is usually kept in real time, SAP ERP does not have an internal module to provide immediate warning of unusual data. The existing solution in most organizations is a system of reports that displays deviations when the report is published, and it is long after the deviant event occurred. In addition, the output is not exceptional in an electronic mail or SAP environment so that in the event that the SAP or mail program is not open, there is no way to receive a warning of an unusual activity.

The solution – an interactive rule engine
BSignal is a business rule engine that is part of the BI solution that deals with the process of organizational decision-making.
Its uniqueness lies in its ability to provide alerts directly to the user's desktop in real time about an event/occurrence that demands treatment or consideration within the organization. In contrast to others, BSignal excels in a rapid implementation rate (almost immediate), low cost (TCO) and a high level of user friendliness (an interface resembling Office).

BSignal provides the following:

• Management and running of business rules (for example: a warning when there is a new client in the system, a warning when a bank account balance drops below a certain sum, bills that are not paid after a certain number of days, etc.)
• Receiving immediate warnings of unusual occurrences directly to the work desk of certain users
• Defining channels for categorizing unusual events of similar types (customer channel, supplier channel and others) and licensing only certain users
• Receiving a detailed history of events that took place
• Sending immediate warnings to mail addressees for continued treatment, directly from the work desk
• Central maintenance (additions, up-dates and changes) of business rules in real time
• Connection to business information systems such as SAP ERP, SAP
  CRM and SAP BW

The application of management rules of the system enables the controlled creation and editing of rules by non-technical users, who use them in standard Internet technologies. BSignal rule engine supplies a range of methodologies for defining business rules in each and every organization.

Adaptations to various SAP versions
BSignal for SAP environments uses advanced technologies to provide standard interfaces for SAP. BSignal adaptations to SAP do not damage the SAP program in any way and obeys the rules of development that were defined by SAP and expert developers in the field.