Before you start

Prepare for the tutorial by reading its description, and checking the audience and prerequisites.

In this tutorial, you create a simulation to review the output of a decision service when you run the service on representative business data.

You work on Miniloan Service, a decision service that a fictitious loan company uses to determine whether borrowers are eligible for loans. When you run the decision service, it produces measurable information. You create a simulation that gathers this information as key performance indicators (KPIs), and displays the KPIs in a report.

Learning objectives

You learn how to do the following tasks:
  • Create metrics and KPIs
  • Create and upload a scenario data file
  • Create a template for a report format
  • Create and run a simulation configuration

The tutorial does not cover collaborative development in the decision governance framework. You work in a branch of a decision service, and not in release activities.

Time required

This tutorial should take approximately 40 minutes to finish. If you explore other concepts related to this tutorial, it could take longer to complete.

Audience

This tutorial introduces Business console users to the simulation feature.

Prerequisites

You do this tutorial either on your computer in a sample server, or online in an instance of the Business console. If you do this tutorial online, contact your system administrator if you cannot find the Miniloan Service decision service in the Business console.

If you run the tutorial locally, begin by starting the sample server: Opening Decision Center on the sample server.

You must use a supported browser such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Chrome. The decision service and tutorial files are in English.

More information

If you are not familiar with the simulation feature and the Decision Center Business console, see the following sections:

Best practices

This tutorial includes the following best practices for creating a simulation:
  • Use the completion editor to define metrics and KPIs. Example...