
SMARTS™ RULES AUTHORING
Go beyond business rules management
- Use your data to author and test rules
- Express rules in a user-friendly manner
- Model decisions as you gather requirements for a new project
- Reuse rules across many dimensions
See SMARTS™ in Action
USE YOUR DATA TO AUTHOR & TEST RULES
Quickly transform your data into rules and test as you go through point-and-click
- Simply upload sample data to start (ex. customer applications, activity logs, work orders)
- Use RedPen™ to select the data attributes from sample data and write rules without code
- Immediately test your rules on your sample data
Easily create turbo-fast scoring, rating, and pricing engines
- Simply upload existing rate tables, pricing calculators, or other matrices in spreadsheet form
- Use Lookup Models to automatically translate everything into executable rules
- Immediately test your rules on your sample data
EXPRESS RULES IN A USER-FRIENDLY MANNER
Choose how to write your rules
- Use RedPen™ to author rules from sample data through point-and-click
- Author rules in SQL-like format
- Use Lookup Models to automatically translate spreadsheets into rules
- Use SparkL to express advance computations (ex. mathematical equations, string manipulations, constraints) in a natural, easy-to-understand language
- Use Pencil to build a decision model and automatically translate it into rules
Choose how to view your rules
- Change graphical representations for each rule set through SMARTS™ fluid rule metaphors
- Display rules sets as text, decision tables, decision trees, or graphs
- Choose the right view to help you accomplish your task at hand
MODEL DECISIONS AS YOU GATHER NEW PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
Capture and organize data requirements and business rules from the get go
- Use Pencil to define and graphically represent requirements, inputs, and outputs
- Ideal for early phases of a project (ex. launching a new product or service)
- Follows Decision Model and Notation (DMN) standard
- Collaborate with stakeholders to refine your decision model
- Automatically translate the decision model into executable rules

DMN diagram of auto insurance quote

Exception Rule created for the state of California
REUSE RULES ACROSS MANY DIMENSIONS
Easily author, organize, and maintain complex decisions
- Efficiently manage decisions that vary by dimension through SMARTS™ cascading decisions
- State or country-specific policies
- Lines of business and products
- Customer segments, marketing channels, and more
- Author common rules once and then add exception rules where necessary
- Quickly conduct compliance audits and adapt to changing regulations
Your Next Steps
FEATURED BLOG POSTS
What to Look For in a Decision Management System (DMS)?
Our “Decision Management 101” series is designed for business leaders who are unfamiliar with decision management and are currently facing challenges with automation, adaptability, and scalability. In Part 3, we cover what to look for in a decision management system.
How Can Decision Management Address Business Growth Challenges?
Our “Decision Management 101” series is designed for business leaders who are unfamiliar with decision management and are currently facing challenges with automation, adaptability, and scalability. In Part 2, we cover how decision management can address business growth challenges.
What is Decision Management?
Our “Decision Management 101” series is designed for business leaders who are unfamiliar with decision management and are currently facing challenges with automation, adaptability, and scalability. In Part 1, we address what decision management is.