11. A computer-implemented method for leveraging extensible flex fields within a distributed order orchestration system, the computer-implemented method comprising: creating a rule dictionary, wherein the rule dictionary comprises one or more facts, wherein each fact represents an object that is operated on by a rule; creating one or more artifacts, wherein each artifact represents an extensible flex field object of the distributed order orchestration system; publishing the one or more artifacts to a rule dictionary, wherein the rule dictionary comprises one or more rules; importing the one or more artifacts within the rule dictionary as one or more new facts; and creating a rule for the rule dictionary, wherein the rule references the one or more new facts.
11. A computer-implemented method for leveraging extensible flex fields within a distributed order orchestration system, the computer-implemented method comprising: creating a rule dictionary, wherein the rule dictionary comprises one or more facts, wherein each fact represents an object that is operated on by a rule; creating one or more artifacts, wherein each artifact represents an extensible flex field object of the distributed order orchestration system; publishing the one or more artifacts to a rule dictionary, wherein the rule dictionary comprises one or more rules; importing the one or more artifacts within the rule dictionary as one or more new facts; and creating a rule for the rule dictionary, wherein the rule references the one or more new facts. 12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the rule dictionary comprises a base rule dictionary, the computer-implemented method further comprising: creating a template rule dictionary that is linked to the base rule dictionary and that comprises one or more rules; modifying the template rule dictionary; saving the template rule dictionary as a custom rule; applying a software patch, wherein the software patch modifies the base rule dictionary and the custom rule dictionary; and preventing the custom rule dictionary from being modified by the software patch.