You can export a set of rules to
create a project file that you can then import and work on in IBM® Operational Decision
Manager Rule
Designer.
Before you begin
To perform
this task, you must be in the IBM Process
Designer desktop
editor, which is deprecated.
About this task
Process Designer provides
the capability for non-developers to express business logic using
Business Action Language (BAL) in business rules. In most cases, business
rules can be fully developed and implemented using Process Designer. However,
in a situation where the business logic reaches levels of complexity
not supported within IBM Business
Automation Workflow, the
business logic can be exported without modifications to IBM ODM Rule Designer. The export procedure produces a complete
business rules project suitable for continued work within IBM ODM. After
exporting the rules, importing into Rule Designer, and deploying the
rules on a Rule Execution Server, the business process in Process Designer can
consume the resulting rule application using a remote decision service
provided by IBM ODM.
Procedure
To export a rule component that contains a single rule
or multiple rules, complete these steps:
- Open the desktop Process Designer (deprecated).
- Open a process application in the Designer view.
- Make sure that you are working in the Decision service
that contains the rule component you want to export.
- In the Decision service diagram, click to select the component
icon, such as a BAL Rule, that represents the component you want to
export.
- Click the Decisions tab.
- In the menu bar at the top of the rule editor window, click
the Export
icon.
- In the Save As window, navigate
to the location where you want to save the exported rule file.
- Enter a name for the export file, then click Save.
Results
The export function produces an Eclipse project file with
a .zip extension.
What to do next
You can import the rule project file into IBM ODM Rule Designer. To keep the Decision service connected
to the rules as you work on them in Rule Designer, you can replace
the BAL Rule in the Decision service with an IBM ODM Rule Decision Service. Refer to the related topic
"Configuring a remote Decision service" for information about performing
this procedure. For more information about importing a rule project
into IBM ODM Rule Designer, refer the related topic "Importing
a rule project in Rule Studio" in the IBM ODM knowledge center.