SAP BRM is an integral component of SAP Process Orchestration (PO) and complements SAP BPM in the fundamental areas of modeling, maintenance, and execution of automated rule-based decisions.
SAP BRM introduces transparency to the way rule-based decisions are enforced in your business processes. You can also easily decouple your process logic from your decision logic. SAP BRM is an all-in-one platform that helps you automate the execution of business rules and manage their entire lifecycle (that is, model, execute, monitor, and improve in conjunction with the business processes they are part of).
SAP Supports Automated Business Rules
SAP currently offers two different ways of supporting automated business rules with SAP technology. They are as follows:
SAP BRM as part of SAP PO.
SAP Business Rules Framework plus (BRFplus), which is an ABAP based, rules-based framework.
In this training, we only focus on the first category (SAP BRM), which is based on the Java-only stack of SAP PO and supports integration according to service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles and technologies.
Running AEX, BRM, and BPM Together — Advantages
The advantages of running AEX, BRM, and BPM together are as follows:
SAP BRM is delivered as part of SAP PO.
It can be seen as an independent BRMS running in parallel with the SAP BPM and SAP AEX engines on the SAP Java stack of SAP PO.
BRM consists of three main components that support the different competencies (that is, IT and business) within business rules management in an organization.
The three components are Rules Composer, Rules Manager, and Rules Engine.