What's new in 8.10.0 - December 2018

For 8.10.0 Learn what's new in Operational Decision Manager 8.10.0.

Operational Decision Manager delivers new features and improved performance with each release.

Table of contents

General

Continuous delivery support policy

Operational Decision Manager 8.10.0 is delivered under the terms of the IBM® continuous delivery (CD) software support lifecycle policy. New informationLearn more...

Java™ 8 support

Operational Decision Manager 8.10.0 uses Java 8. If you use Java 7 or an earlier version, you must update to Java 8 to work in ODM 8.10.5. New informationLearn more...

Updated platform support

The supported platforms have been updated. Support is no longer provided for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 11, for example, but other platforms are now supported. New informationSupported platforms

Rule Designer

Move to Eclipse 4.7.3

Rule Designer now runs on Eclipse 4.7.3. The move brings changes to the component for creating and deploying rule applications. New informationLearn more...

Improved dynamicselect keyword

To improve performance, the decision engine now handles the actions that come before and after the use of the (?rule) variable differently. This new behavior affects dynamicselect. New informationLearn more...

Decision Center

Decision modeling in the Business console

The decision model service makes business experts autonomous in developing rule applications. They can create, maintain, and deploy decision services, and edit a model directly by using a relatively nontechnical language. A diagram-based development system clearly shows the flow of data and decisions through a decision service. New informationLearn more...

Decision governance through REST API

The Decision Center REST API now includes decision service management through the decision governance framework. New informationLearn more in Govern section...

Running diagnostics in the Business console

Administrators can now run diagnostics on their systems from the Business console. They can get information on versioning, data sources, extensions, verbalizers, and databases, and use it to troubleshoot issues. New informationLearn more...

Recovering deleted elements in the Business console

You can now view and restore deleted decision artifacts in the recycle bin of a branch. New informationLearn more...

Copying from a closed release in the Business console

You can now copy an open release and its contents by using any closed release as a starting point. Use this feature in organizing your releases and deleting older ones. New information Learn more...

Webhook notification from Decision Center

You can use webhooks to send notifications from Decision Center to an external application of your choice. Get real-time notifications for events that are related to decision governance, RuleApp deployment, and changes to business rules. New information Learn more...

Using custom KPIs in simulations

You can now implement your own custom KPIs, defined according to your business needs, and use them with your simulations in the Business console. New information Learn more...

Rule Execution Server

REST API methods for Rule Execution Server diagnostics

You can use new methods in the REST API to get Rule Execution Server diagnostics. These methods are available in the /utilities tab in the REST API test tool in the Rule Execution Server console. New informationLearn more...

Ruleset selection for RuleApp archives

When you package a RuleApp archive for downloading from the Rule Execution Server console, you can now choose to include only selected rulesets. This feature is also available in the REST API. Previously, all rulesets in the RuleApp were included in the package downloaded. New informationLearn more...

Ant tasks to package Java XOMs in RuleApp archives

You can now use Ant tasks to create a RuleApp archive that includes embedded managed Java XOMs. New informationLearn more...

Decision Server Insights

New standalone testing and production server

Reduce your production deployment, configuration, and maintenance effort by creating a single server from the cisStandalone template. Other than high availability, the standalone testing and production server contains all of the features and services needed for production. New information Learn more...

Range of platform upgrades

The following versions are now supported:
  • Ubuntu x86-64 and Power® 16.04, and dropped support of old versions of Ubuntu, Windows, and RHEL. New information System requirements
  • Oracle Database upgraded to 12.2, WebSphere® Profile Liberty upgraded to 18.0.0.1, Eclipse upgraded to 4.7.3, Firefox upgraded to ESR 60, and WebSphere Developer Tools upgraded to IBM Liberty Tools for Oxygen. New information Learn more...
  • IBM Integration Bus upgraded to 10.0.0.13 and IBM Message Queue upgraded to 9.0. New information Learn more...

Business situations (a new experimental feature)

The new Business situations feature detects, identifies, and notifies when circumstances of special interest arise. This experimental feature can be used to detect various situations and respond to undesirable ones or take advantage of opportunities. Documented in a GitHub repository with examples, you work with this feature in Insight Designer. New information Learn more...

Operational Decision Manager for Developers Docker

Download page

Operational Decision Manager for Developers Docker delivers the primarily functionality for developing rule applications. Take advantage of this service by downloading the Official IBM Operational Decision Manager for Developers image.

Getting started with the Operational Decision Manager for Developers Docker image

This tutorial on GitHub is for technical and business users who want an introduction to authoring and managing business rules in Operational Decision Manager for Developers. New informationLearn more...

Samples

Decision model service samples

The Decision Center sample server contains several projects for the new decision model services:
  • Address Cleansing
  • Baggage Pricing and Compliance
  • Customer Loyalty
  • Salutation
  • Shipment Pricing
Use these samples to get up to speed fast on this new Decision Center feature. New informationLearn more...

Memory ruleset execution

This Rule Execution Server sample demonstrates how to run a ruleset that is loaded into memory in a J2SE application. New informationLearn more...

Webhook notification

This sample demonstrates how to set up webhooks for Slack or log files to obtain notifications for changes in Decision Center. New informationLearn more...

Test and simulation customization

This sample demonstrates how to customize tests and simulations, and include your own key performance indicators (KPIs) in the simulation reports alongside the built-in metrics. New informationLearn more...

Tutorials

Getting started with decision modeling

This tutorial shows the basics of creating a decision model service, in which you model and author a decision service, all from the Decision Center Business console. New informationLearn more...