You can export a set of action rules
and decision rules from the Process Designer to
create a project file that you can then import and work on in IBM® Operational Decision
Manager (ODM)
Rule Designer.
About this task
The Process Designer provides
the capability to express decision logic using action
rules and decision tables .
In most cases, business rules can be fully developed and implemented
using the Process Designer.
However, in a situation where you need to use the decision logic beyond
your BPM process applications, or you need a rules capability that
exceeds what is supported within Business Automation Workflow, you
can export the decision logic without modifications to IBM ODM Rule Designer. The export procedure produces a complete
project that is suitable for continued work within IBM ODM. After
exporting the rules and decision tables, importing them into Rule
Designer, and deploying them on a Rule Execution Server, the process
application in the Process Designer can
consume the resulting decision service that is provided by the remote
(or external) IBM ODM.
Procedure
To export a rule project file that contains a single
rule or multiple rules, complete these steps:
- In the Process Designer,
open a process application in the Designer view.
- Make sure that you are working in the service flow that
contains the decision that you want to export.
- Select the Decision tab. A list
of decisions is displayed.
- Select the decision that you want to export.
- Click Export.
- Depending on your browser configuration, if you see the Save
As window, navigate to the location where you want to
save the exported project file, and enter a name for the export file,
then click Save.
Results
The export function produces a project file with a .zip extension.
What to do next
After you have exported rules and decision tables from Business Automation Workflow and imported
the project into IBM ODM Rule Designer, you can discover that decision service
and create an external service. Then you can use that external service
in a service task of your service flow to invoke the external IBM ODM decision service.