You can export a set of action rules
and decision rules from the Process Designer to
create a project file that you can then import and work on in IBM® Operational Decision
Manager (ODM)
Rule Designer.
About this task
You can express decision logic using action rules and decision tables. In most cases,
business rules can be fully developed and implemented using in the designer. However, in a situation
where you need to use the decision logic beyond your process applications, or you need a rules
capability that exceeds what is supported, you can export the decision logic without modifications
to IBM ODM Rule Designer. The export procedure produces a complete project that is
suitable for continued work within IBM ODM. After exporting the
rules and decision tables, importing them into Rule Designer, and deploying them on a Rule Execution
Server, the process application in the Process Designer can consume the
resulting decision service that is provided by the remote (or external) IBM ODM.
Procedure
To export a rule project file that contains a single
rule or multiple rules, complete these steps:
- Open a process application in the designer.
- Make sure that you are working in the service flow that
contains the decision that you want to export.
- Select the Decision tab. A list
of decisions is displayed.
- Select the decision that you want to export.
- Click Export.
- Depending on your browser configuration, if you see the Save
As window, navigate to the location where you want to
save the exported project file, and enter a name for the export file,
then click Save.
Results
The export function produces a project file with a .zip extension.
What to do next
After you have exported rules and decision tables and imported the project into IBM ODM Rule Designer, you can discover that decision service and create an external
service. Then you can use that external service in a service task of your service flow to invoke the
external IBM ODM decision service.