Creating decision automations

You work on decision services in decision automations. Each decision automation is linked to a remote Git repository (remote repository), and team members can work collaboratively through the repository.

About this task

When you create a decision automation in IBM Business Automation Studio, a branch is also created by default. You can also create another branch after your decision automation is connected to a remote repository, and make it the current branch of the decision automation.

Branches isolate changes specific to an objective, for example, a product release, a promotional period, or a trial version that has a limited delivery scope.

Procedure

Log in to your instance of Business Automation Studio.
Click the navigation menu in the upper left corner of the portal page.
Expand Design, and click Business automations.
Click Create, and then select Decision automations.
Enter a name and purpose for the decision automation, and click Create. Decision Designer opens with the decision automation.

Notice that a branch that is created by default is the current branch for your decision automation.

Optional: Go back to Business Automation Studio and explore each tab in your decision automation.

When you click Decision on the Business automations page, you see a list of decision automations in the Decision automations section on the right. The decision automation that you created is now listed in this section. Click your decision automation and check each tab for your decision automation:

Table 1. Tabs
Tab	Description
Versions	Displays versions of your decision automations. You can publish decision services for a selected version. You can create a branch after your decision automation is connected to a remote repository. In the Branches tab, click the overflow menu next to the branch name, and then click Create branch. Enter a name for the branch, and then click Create. If you want to open the decision automation on a specific branch, click the Switch branch icon on your decision automation page in Decision Designer, and then choose the branch. Note: If your admin configured automatic connection to a remote repository, your decision automation is connected to the repository when you create it. For more information, see Connecting to a remote repository automatically. If your decision automation is not connected to a remote repository, you can manually connect to it. For more information, see Connecting to a remote repository manually.
Collaborators	Displays individuals or groups who have access to your decision automation. As a creator of your decision automation, you have administrative privileges by default. You can add users or groups who can access to your decision automation, and assign permission.
Automation services	Displays automation services that are published from each version of your decision automation.

What to do next

You can add collaborators who can access to your decision automation and assign them permission. For more information, see Managing access to decision automations.