Task 1: Starting Decision Center

In this task, you start the sample server, and you login to Decision Center.

Operational Decision Manager provides a sample server to run the tutorials and samples and to demonstrate Decision Center. Before signing in to Decision Center, you must start the sample server.

This tutorial is based on the miniloan-rules rule project that is already deployed to Decision Center.

Time This task should take you about 10 minutes to complete.

Step 1: Start the Sample server

Before starting Decision Center, you must start the sample server.

To start the sample server:

Click Start > All Programs > IBM > package_group > Sample Server > Start server .
package_group refers to the package group specified in IBM Installation Manager during installation. The default package group is Operational Decision Manager V8.0.1.

Note: On Windows 7, if you have installed the product in the Program Files or Program Files (x86) directories, you must be an administrator to start the Sample Server. You can run the Sample Server as an administrator, or obtain the write permissions on the Operational Decision Manager installation directory.
Wait until the server has started.
It can take a while for the server startup procedure to complete. The command window displays server trace messages as the server starts. A feedback message indicates when the server has started successfully:
```
[samples.echo] GBRPS0029I: start.server is completed.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 50 minutes 3 seconds
Press any key to continue . . .
```

Step 2: View the rule project in Decision Center

Now that you have started the sample server, you can open Decision Center to view the rule project.

To view the rule project in Decision Center:

Click Start > All Programs > IBM > package_group > Sample Server > Decision Center Enterprise Console .
Tip: You can also enter the following URL with the correct port number in a browser: http://localhost:<PORT>/teamserver/. For more information on the port number to use, see Prerequisites.
Sign in to Decision Center using the following details:
Username: rtsUser1

Password: rtsUser1

Decision Center can handle different user profiles. Here you sign in as a regular business user.
On the Decision Center Home tab, in the Project in use field, select miniloan-rules.

In the next task, you navigate in Decision Center and explore the rules and the decision table of the miniloan-rules rule project.

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