Migrating from Rules for COBOL V7

Changes from one release to the next can impact business rule application development in a number of ways. The following information explains how to migrate applications developed in Rules for COBOL V7.

Overview: Rule project migration from Rules for COBOL V7.1
If you want to use existing Rules for COBOL V7.1 projects with Decision Server for z/OS®, you must first migrate them.
Preparing to migrate a Rules for COBOL project
Before you migrate a Rules for COBOL project in Rule Designer, gather information about project hierarchies and dependencies.
Migrating a Rules for COBOL project
Use the migration wizard in Rule Designer to migrate Rules for COBOL projects to Decision Server.
Migration changes
The migration wizard completes most migration changes without any action on your part. However, in some cases, attributes or methods have changed or are no longer supported and you must take action to complete the migration.

Parent topic: Migrating and upgrading your applications