Task 1: Evaluating and assigning changes

In this step, you log in as Paul and look at the Miniloan Service decision service.

1. Start the sample server (see Starting the sample server).
2. Open the Business console (see Opening Decision Center on the sample server).
3. Log in by entering Paul as the user name and password.
4. Click the Library tab, and then click the Miniloan Service decision service.
   You see the Releases and Branches tabs.
5. Open the Branches tab, and then click the main branch.
   A decision service can contain many projects. For simplicity, all the rules of Miniloan Service are contained in its top-level project, which has the same name as the decision service.
6. Click the X in the Types button in the Decision Artifacts tab to see the artifacts.
   The artifacts include an operation, resources, a ruleflow, and business rules.

In this step, you select the rules for which you want to track changes.

1. Click the eligibility folder to view its contents.
2. Click the check box beside Name to select all the rules in the folder, and then click the gold star in the toolbar to follow all the rules in the folder.
   A gold star is displayed next to each rule. Changes to these rules are now displayed on the Home page.

In this step, you look at the business rules in the decision service.

1. In the eligibility folder, click minimum credit score to display the action rule.
   It rejects a loan application if the credit score is below 200:

   if
       the credit score of 'the borrower' is less than 200
   then
       add "Credit score below 200" to the messages of 'the loan' ;
       reject 'the loan' ;

2. Click the Back button just above the displayed rule to return to the eligibility business rules.
3. Click repayment and score to display the decision table.

   The table compares the applicant's debt and credit score, and either approves the loan or rejects it and outputs a rejection message. The first two columns in the table define the conditions, and the third and fourth columns define the actions.

In this step, you take a snapshot for later comparison. A snapshot captures the state of a branch at a specific moment in time. You cannot edit the contents of a snapshot, but you can use a snapshot to restore a branch to a previous state.

1. Click Take Snapshot.
2. Name your snapshot Initial State, and click Create.
   You can now find the snapshot in the Snapshots tab.

In this step, you ask Bea to make changes to the rules.

1. Open the Home tab.
   In the Followed Rules section, Paul can see the rules that he is following.
2. Click Stream > Post a new comment here.
3. Enter the following message:

   Hi Bea. Update the Miniloan Service decision service.

   Tip: You can attach a file to the post or link it to a source. You can also make the post private .
4. Click Post.
5. Click Paul > Log out to sign out of the Business console.