What is SAS Decision Builder on Microsoft Fabric?
SAS Decision Builder on Microsoft Fabric is a decision intelligence application that helps you operationalize analytics by evaluating data, applying business logic and determining the next best action in real time.
As a scalable decision engine and execution layer, it enables teams to design, test, automate and govern decision flows that combine AI models, analytics and business rules. Rather than embedding decision logic across multiple systems, you can create consistent, governed decision processes that scale across the enterprise.
Built natively on Microsoft Fabric, SAS Decision Builder runs close to your data in OneLake, providing a highly available foundation for operational decisioning and real-time execution.
How SAS Decision Builder turns data into confident decisions
SAS Decision Builder transforms data into consistent, real-time decisions by combining business rules, analytics and governance in a scalable decision engine. Built on Microsoft Fabric, it works directly with Microsoft OneLake so your data remains within your Fabric environment while decisions are evaluated, executed and written back to your lakehouse.
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Operationalize data with a scalable decision engine
Evaluate data directly within Microsoft OneLake to execute real-time decisions without moving data outside your Microsoft Fabric environment. Scale decision execution across high-volume operational workloads while maintaining performance and reliability.
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Create governed business rules
Design decision flows using business rules that reflect your organization's policies, constraints and decision logic. Combine rules with analytics and AI models to support consistent decision-making across use cases, such as fraud detection, loan approvals and next-best actions.
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Govern & explain every decision
Test, validate, monitor and automate decision flows while maintaining governance, auditability and explainability. Keep people involved where needed by defining who can review, approve or override decisions before execution.
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Deliver consistent operational decisions
Deploy production-ready decision flows that combine data, business rules and AI models to support customer interactions, fraud prevention, credit decisions and other operational processes across your organization.
SAS Decision Builder use cases
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Fraud detection and prevention
Design and automate decision flows that combine predictive models and business rules to flag high-risk transactions in real time.
CROSS-INDUSTRY
Real-time customer offer optimization
Stay engaged with rapidly evolving customer demands by providing the right services or products at the right time.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Credit risk decisioning
Expedite the automation of approvals and rejections of loan requests that improve the banking experience by combining decision intelligence with existing lending business rules.
MANUFACTURING
Real-time equipment monitoring and detection
Use event stream processing and decision intelligence to maintain supply chain and manufacturing integrity, ensuring equipment is repaired or replaced before end of life.
PUBLIC SECTOR
Constituent services
Design decision flows that understand citizen needs and direct them to the right office or resource.
HEALTH CARE
Patient care
Provide the best care, every time, by combining symptoms and needs with treatment options.
CROSS-INDUSTRY
Regulatory compliance workflows
Use business rules and automation to stay aligned with industry rules.
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SAS Decision Builder frequently asked questions
What is SAS Decision Builder?
SAS Decision Builder is a decision intelligence application built on Microsoft Fabric that helps organizations design, automate and govern operational decisions. It combines business rules, analytics and AI models to evaluate data and determine the next best action in real time. Organizations use SAS Decision Builder to create consistent, explainable decision flows for customer interactions, fraud detection, credit approvals and other operational processes.
How does SAS Decision Builder work with Microsoft Fabric?
SAS Decision Builder is built on Microsoft Fabric and works directly with Microsoft OneLake. Organizations can read data from and write decision results back to OneLake, enabling decision execution without moving data outside the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem.
This approach helps simplify data access while supporting scalable, real-time operational decisioning.
Who uses SAS Decision Builder?
SAS Decision Builder is designed for business and analytics teams that need to operationalize decisions across industries such as financial services, government, manufacturing, insurance and retail. It’s especially useful where consistent, explainable, data-driven decisions are critical.
How is SAS Decision Builder different from SAS Intelligent Decisioning?
SAS Decision Builder is built for Microsoft Fabric users who want to create governed decision workflows directly within the Microsoft ecosystem. SAS Intelligent Decisioning is SAS' broader enterprise decisioning solution, offering additional capabilities for deploying, managing and governing automated decisions across a wider range of environments.