Running samples from the Samples Console

The Samples Console is an Eclipse perspective that you use to build and run samples.

About this task

You do the following operations in the Samples Console:

  • Find the samples, import projects, and view documentation.

  • Run Ant targets to use samples.

  • Start and stop the sample server.

  • Open the Rule Execution Server console, and the Decision Center Enterprise console and Business console.

  • Display trace messages.

To use the samples and tutorials, you must set the locale of your Eclipse development environment to en_US.

Procedure

To run a sample from the Samples Console:

  1. Start the Samples Console in one of the following ways:
    • Windows: On the Windows Start menu, click All Programs > package_group > Sample Server > Samples Console (en_US). package_group refers to the package group specified in IBM® Installation Manager during installation. The default package group is Operational Decision Manager V8.9.1.

      This shortcut opens Designer in the en_US (American English) locale.

    • All platforms: Start Rule Designer by using the Eclipse start command: <InstallDir>. You must run Eclipse in the en_US locale. To open the Sample Console in the correct locale from a command line, use the following parameters in the Eclipse command:

      -init -nl en_US -perspective ilog.rules.studio.samples.console.perspectives.SamplesPerspective

      Fore example, for the Mac OS:

      <InstallDir>/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse --init -nl en_US -perspective ilog.rules.studio.samples.console.perspectives.SamplesPerspective

      Otherwise, when Rule Designer opens, select Window > Open Perspective > Other, select Samples Console, and then click OK.

  2. In the Sample Server view, click the Start the Sample Server button "":
    Image shows the server view.
  3. After the sample server starts, click the Samples and Tutorials view to locate the sample or tutorial that you want to run:
    Image shows samples and tutorials.
  4. Click View instructions to display the relevant documentation.
  5. Click View sample commands to open the Samples Commands view. The Decision Center and Rule Execution Server samples provide Ant targets to compile and run the samples.
    Image shows sample commends.
  6. When instructed, double-click the appropriate Ant target node. Each Ant target is shown as a green target icon.
Parent topic: Samples environment
Related tasks:
Checking the server port number
Related information:
Starting and stopping the sample server