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Overview
FlexRule can help you with many data-driven scenarios. Just to name some:
- Data processing i.e. filter, calculate, join, manipulation etc.
- Data Connectors and ETL
- Data Virtualization
- Standardize Data Exchange
- Analytics
Data Manipulation
Once data are loaded from one or multiple sources, there will be a need to look at data, manipulate data, and all other functions around data.
Graphical Presentation of Data Operations – IRD
Information Requirement Diagram or in short IRD is a way to model data flow and operations visually.
Monadic Presentation of Data Operations: Expressions
FlexRule also supports querying language on the loaded data set. You can learn more on:
- Functions:Collection/Management
- Functions:Collection/Search
- Functions:Collection/Joins
- Functions:Collection/Order
Connecting to Data
There are multiple ways of accessing data. And a solution can load multiple data sources and look at those across for doing a task.
Data Access
Your model can access data as part of the execution. The data can be in a file, database, etc. Below are different ways of accessing data:
- Database
- Spreadsheet (e.g., Excel)
- Xml
- JSON
- Web Services
- REST Call
- SOAP Call