Developing Operational Decision Manager rule
projects for z/OS
To execute business rules on z/OS®, you must design
and orchestrate a rule project in Rule Designer or Decision Center , and then deploy the rules in
an archive.
Designing projects for rule authoring
To create a business rule application for z/OS, you develop its rules independently from the client application. Then, you generate a ruleset from your project, and deploy it to a rule execution server from which the client application calls the ruleset.
COBOL considerations for rule application development
If you want to run rules in a COBOL application, you must develop your business rule application so that it uses COBOL structures as its reference point for your object model.
PL/I considerations for rule application development
If you want to execute rules in a PL/I application, you must develop your business rule application with PL/I structures as the reference point for your object model.
IBM Watson Machine Learning for IBM z/OS integration
Your company's historical data contains information that can improve your business decisions. By integrating Machine Learning predictive models into Operational Decision Manager , you can get the best of two worlds: predictive insights from historical data and prescriptive business decisions based on company policies.