Task 4: Completing and deploying the release

In this step, still working as Paul in the Business console, you change the status of the release to complete it.

1. In the Spring Release branch, next to the Status field, click Proceed to approval.
   The status changes to Ready for Approval.
2. In the Approvers section, select Approve changes.
3. Click Approve to confirm.
   The release now has a status of Complete.

In this step, you deploy the release to production.

1. Click the Deployments tab.
   Paul has two deployment configurations available: one meant for nonproduction, and the other for production.
2. Click production deployment to see its content before you deploy.
   The deployment configuration includes the following tabs:

   • General: Shows the configuration name, type, location, and description.
   • Operations: Lists the decision operations to deploy. Here, loan validation production is selected for deployment.
   • Targets: Lists where the rules can be deployed.
   • Ruleset Properties: Defines the versioning policy for each deployment.
   • Groups: Lets the administrator choose which groups can deploy decision services by using this deployment configuration. As administrator, Paul can see all the deployment configurations.
   • Deployment Snapshot: Defines whether a snapshot is taken at the moment of deployment.
3. Click Deploy.
4. Select RuleApp archive as the target.
   Notice that a deployment snapshot is created with the indicated name.
5. Click Deploy and then click Close and view report, because you do not need to keep this archive in this tutorial. Otherwise, you would download the archive, store it in a file management system, and deploy to the production environment.
6. In the report, notice the Redeploy icon next to the deployment snapshot name. You can redeploy the content of your deployment from the report at a later date, or to deploy to a nonproduction environment to align it with the production environment.

   

7. Close the report.
8. Click the Snapshots tab. You can see the deployment snapshot that was taken when you deployed. You can also redeploy from the snapshot.

In this step, you make a release for the next season because the Spring release is deployed.

1. Return to the Loan Validation Service decision service in the Library.
2. Click the New icon just above Initial Release to create a new release.
3. Call your new release Summer Release and base it on the Spring release, which is now completed.
4. Specify some goals, keep Paul as the owner, but this time assign Bea to be the approver.
5. Click Create.
   The release is now created, with the content of the Spring release as a starting point, and is ready for activities to be created.
6. Log out of the Business console.