Workflows that start from a PL/I include file

To run your rules in a PL/I application on z/OS®, you can generate your XOM from a PL/I include file.

When you generate a XOM from a PL/I include file, the XOM includes a Java™ XOM project. This Java XOM project provides the required Java structures for the Java objects to PL/I data conversion at run time.

The following table shows the steps that you do in Rule Designer.

Environment BOM methods and mapping Orchestrate® Author and Review Deploy and integrate

zRule Execution Server for z/OS

Implement XOM methods and BOM-to-XOM mapping

You use ruleflows to organize your rules into the sequence in which they must run, and use rule tasks to group the rules.

You can create and maintain rule artifacts in Rule Designer or Decision Center.

When you create your rule project, or if a rule project is modified, you can review it by exploring and analyzing its contents. See Reviewing a rule project.

You deploy the RuleApps and the PL/I XOM to z/OS. You call the rules from a PL/I application (batch or CICS®).

The following workflow shows the high-level tasks that you do, from rule project design to rule execution on z/OS.

PL/I workflow