Testing decision services

As you develop a decision service, you can run it through tests and simulations to ensure that its rules produce the right results. In creating the decision service in Rule Designer, you can run its rules in Rule Execution Server. After publishing the decision service to Decision Center, you can run tests and simulations to validate its rules.

• Testing decision services in the development environment

  You can test a decision service by deploying it from Rule Designer to the Rule Execution Server in the development environment, and then running it with a test application.

• Testing rulesets in Rule Designer

  To validate rulesets against scenarios, you set up and run a testing configuration.

• Working with Excel scenario files

  You store testing and simulation scenarios in Excel. Before you generate an Excel scenario file, make sure that the business object model (BOM) is configured correctly. You can then generate the file and populate it with scenario data.

• Testing and simulation in Decision Center

  Decision Center includes testing and simulation features to verify rules and evaluate their results.

• Testing rule execution

  You can test the execution of a deployed ruleset through a SOAP or REST web service.