Overview
IBM WebSphere ILOG Rules for COBOL allows WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS rulesets to be generated into COBOL copybook code for use inside COBOL applications.
Business rules drive critical applications and enable operational decisions to be automated. Rules for COBOL enables easy, safe and reliable rule changes, reducing implementation time, saving money and avoiding lost opportunities.
- Rules are managed in a centralized repository
- Rules are defined in a customizable business vocabulary
- Code generation capability makes rules and rulesets useable directly within COBOL applications
- Rules for COBOL is the technology to leverage in the context of business rule modernization of applications when COBOL is the targeted language for decision logic.
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tabbed Benefits and Product Framework
Without Rules for COBOL:
- Rules are hidden in COBOL code, databases
- Potentially undocumented
- Accessible only by IT people
- Subject to same life cycle as the code
With Rules for COBOL:
- Expressed and documented in business terms
- Able to change when the business needs it
- Can be managed with collaborative web tools (using WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server)
- Can be reused across applications
Family overview
An integrated software used to build, manage and run rule-based applications for Java, mainframe and SOA.
Provides functionality to build and deploy rule-based applications for Java, mainframe and SOA-based environments.
Allows business teams to create, manage and validate business rules through a powerful web-based environment.
Provides rule testing, simulation and audit capabilities for the IBM ILOG JRules BRMS product line.
Provides business users guided rule authoring and editing in Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
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Improve maintainability and visibility of decision logic in mainframe apps with two business rules capabilities in a single offering.
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