Administering the Decision Center database

Administering the Decision Center database includes tasks required to complete the configuration of Decision Center, archiving the database, and deleting projects.

After you have completed the configuration of Decision Center on your application server (for example, Configuring Decision Center on WebSphere® Application Server) you must set up the Decision Center database:

Table 1. Tasks to prepare the Decision Center database
Task Description
Create the database schema Mandatory when you complete the configuration with a database on a distributed platform.
Set up message files Required only if you have custom rule model extension files.
Change the persistence locale Required if the persistence locale is different from the locale en_US.
Change configuration parameters You change some configuration parameters when you customize Decision Center.

You must also manage users and groups (see Managing users from Decision Center).