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. Learn 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. Learn 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. Supported 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. Learn more...
Improved dynamicselect
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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. Learn 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. Learn more...
Decision governance through REST API
The Decision Center REST API now includes decision service management through the decision governance framework. Learn 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. Learn more...
Recovering deleted elements in the Business console
You can now view and restore deleted decision artifacts in the recycle bin of a branch. Learn 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. 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. 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. 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. Learn 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. Learn 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. Learn 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. Learn more...
Range of platform upgrades
- Ubuntu x86-64 and Power® 16.04, and dropped support of old versions of Ubuntu, Windows, and RHEL. 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. Learn more...
- IBM Integration Bus upgraded to 10.0.0.13 and IBM Message Queue upgraded to 9.0. 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. 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. Learn more...
Samples
Decision model service samples
- Address Cleansing
- Baggage Pricing and Compliance
- Customer Loyalty
- Salutation
- Shipment Pricing
Memory ruleset execution
This Rule Execution Server sample demonstrates how to run a ruleset that is loaded into memory in a J2SE application. Learn more...
Webhook notification
This sample demonstrates how to set up webhooks for Slack or log files to obtain notifications for changes in Decision Center. Learn 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. Learn 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. Learn more...