This document provides a brief overview of key concepts in BRF+, SAP's Business Rules Framework plus. It discusses the BRF+ workbench user interface and tools for rule authoring and management. It also defines basic BRF+ concepts like applications, data objects, functions, rulesets, rules, expressions, and actions. The workbench is a web-enabled tool for maintaining, testing, and managing business rules. It requires the ICF component to be set up and the SAP_BC_FDT_ADMINISTRATOR role for administrators.

1. Brief Walk-Through of BRF+
Dhivya Baskaran

2. Agenda
 Workbench
 Workflow
 Basic Concepts
 Application
 Function
 Data Object
 Ruleset
 Rule
 Expression
 Action

3. Workbench
 It is web-enabled rule authoring and management tool.
 It provides an environment for maintenance, testing and management of business
rules content in BRF+.
 SAP_BC_FDT_ADMINISTRATOR is the role for BRF+ Administrator.
 It requires ICF to be setup and activated in the system.

4. Workbench Contd..
 Transaction code : FDT_Workbench / BRFPlus / BRF+.
Menu bar
Personalization
Navigation
panel

5. Workbench Contd..
 Menu bar
 Workbench : to access general functions and to adjust
the navigation panel width.
 Tools : Relevant to administrative tasks and has simulation,
tracing and XML Export & Import functionality
 Personalization
 Personalize mode of user
 Expert – For Administrative users and provide
pre-configured settings.
 Simple – For standard business users. Default mode.

6. Workbench Contd..
 Help Center
 Central place where comprehensive UI documentation are available,
 It is SAP documentation which is stored in Knowledge Warehouse.

7. Workflow

8. Basic Concepts
 Application
 Container to organize and manage BRF+ objects.

9. Basic Concepts Contd..
 Defined with interface IF_FDT_APPLICATION.
 Click on ‘Create Application’ in Repository view.
 Fill the General & Application information.
 Storage Type :
 System Objects – Client independent and can be transported with workbench request. Can refer
system object only and can be referenced by all other storage types.
 Customizing Objects – Client dependent and can be transported with customizing request. Can refer
system/customizing object and can be referenced by customizing & master data objects.
 Master Data Objects - Client dependent and can not be transported. Can refer all storage types but
can be referenced by only master data objects.

10. Basic Concepts Contd..
 Data Object
 Describes data types
 Serves as data carriers in the
context or the result.
 Types of Data Objects :
Element
Structure
Table

11. Basic Concepts Contd..
 Function
 Interface between Code & Rules
 Define the signature consisting of
context and result.
 3 Modes of Function
 Functional Mode
 Event Mode
 Functional and Event Mode

12. Basic Concepts Contd..
 Rule
 Central Entity that builds business logic.
 Self Contained Objects.
 Skeleton of Rule :
 IF
Condition
Then
Operation
Else
Operation

13. Basic Concepts Contd..
 Ruleset
 Collection of Rules
 Can be assigned to only one function only.
 Can define Pre-condition for validation.
 Can prioritize the rules to execute in order.

14. Basic Concepts Contd..
 Expression
 Defines the computational
power of BRF+.
 Self contained computational
unit with well defined logic

15. Basic Concepts Contd..
 Action
 Defines the interactive part.
 More application dependent.
 Do not have result.

16. Thank you