Selecting the features to install

When you install Operational Decision Manager using Installation Manager, you can select the features that you want within each package.

A default set of features is selected for you but you can add or remove features depending on your needs.

Decision Center features
Decision Server features
Business Rules Embedded features

Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies between features and prevents you from clearing these dependencies.

After you have finished installing the packages, you can still add or remove features from your product by running the Modify Packages wizard in Installation Manager.

Decision Center features

The following table lists the features available for selection in the IBM® Decision Center package.

Table 1. Decision Center features
Feature	Description
Decision Center	An environment for business users to author, manage and test their business and event rules. It includes a repository for storing business and event rules, and web interfaces (Decision Center Business Console and Decision Center Enterprise Console) for business users to manage decisions. By default, Decision Center is installed on the sample server profile on WebSphere® Application Server. After completing the installation of the product, you can also configure and deploy Decision Center on a different WebSphere Application Server profile, or install it on other supported application servers. However, the Decision Center Business Console is supported on WebSphere Application Server V8.0 only.
Decision Center: Installation artifacts for other application servers > Decision Center for Tomcat	Provides the archives to deploy and configure Decision Center on Tomcat. The archives are copied to <InstallDir>/teamserver/applicationservers/tomcat. For more information, see Configuring.
Decision Center: Installation artifacts for other application servers > Decision Center for JBoss	Provides the archives to deploy and configure Decision Center on JBoss. The archives are copied to <InstallDir>/teamserver/applicationservers/JBoss. For more information, see Configuring.
Decision Center: Installation artifacts for other application servers > Decision Center for WebLogic	Provides the archives to deploy and configure Decision Center on WebLogic. The archives are copied to <InstallDir>/teamserver/applicationservers/WebLogic. For more information, see Configuring.
Decision Center > Event Widgets for Decision Center	By using the Event Capture widget and the Event Replay widget, you can capture events from a production system, and replay a sequence of events, typically on a test system. Event Charting widgets include the Event Chart Manager widget to create and edit charts, the Event Chart widget to view charts as well as real-time charts which display the history for events, actions, and filters, and the Event Layout widget to view legacy layouts. The Event Tester widget provides a way to test the event logic in a business process. This widget is aimed at testing and should be used only on a test installation. Do not use it on a production installation as it might affect performance. For more information, seeConfiguring Decision Server Events
Rule Solutions for Office (for Windows only)	Rule Solutions for Office provides a way for business users to create and edit business rules in Microsoft Word or Excel. This option copies the installer for Rule Solutions for Office to your installation directory. The executable file for the installer is copied to: `<InstallDir>`/Rule Solutions for Office/RuleSolutionsForOffice.exe, see Installing Rule Solutions for Office.
Samples and Tutorials	Installs the projects for the samples and tutorials, and provides the sample server profile to run the samples and tutorials on WebSphere Application Server. WebSphere Application Server is a prerequisite for this option.
Local help system	By default this feature is not selected because the help system points to the online information center. You can select the Local help system option if you prefer accessing the help contents locally. To use the local help system, you only need an Internet connection the first time to download the help contents from the web. After downloading the help contents, you must set up the local help. For more information on how to set up the local help, see Installing and accessing the documentation locally. Important: The local help system does not work on 64-bits platforms, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), that do not have a 32-bits compatibility library installed.

Decision Server features

The following table lists the features available for selection in the IBM Decision Server package.

Table 2. Decision Server features
Feature	Description
Decision Server Rules
Rule Designer	Rule Designer is a development environment within Eclipse to design business rule applications. It is aimed at developers, business analysts, and architects. The Rule Designer views and editors are available from the Rule perspective in Eclipse.
Rule Designer > Scorecard Modeler	Scorecard Modeler is a set of additional plug-ins integrated into Rule Designer. You can use Scorecard Modeler to create scorecards, integrate them into your business rules, and share them across multiple platforms.
Rule Execution Server	Rule Execution Server is an execution platform for business rules that embeds the rule engine. It also provides a console to manage and monitor the execution of business rules. By default, Rule Execution Server is installed on the sample server profile on WebSphere Application Server. After completing the installation of the product, you can also configure and deploy Rule Execution Server on a different WebSphere Application Server profile, or install it on other supported application servers. Select the type of license that you have: Non-production License: Select this option if you want to use the product for development purposes. This license can only be deployed as part of development and test environment for internal non-production activities. Production License: Select this option if you want to use the product for production.
Rule Execution Server: Installation artifacts for other application servers > Rule Execution Server for Tomcat	Provides the archives to deploy and configure Rule Execution Server on Tomcat. The archives are copied to `<InstallDir>`/executionserver/applicationservers/tomcat. For more information on how to use the archives to deploy and configure Rule Execution Server, see Configuring Rule Execution Server.
Rule Execution Server: Installation artifacts for other application servers > Rule Execution Server for JBoss	Provides the archives to deploy and configure Rule Execution Server on JBoss. The archives are copied to <InstallDir>/executionserver/applicationservers/JBoss. For more information on how to use the archives to deploy and configure Rule Execution Server, see Configuring Rule Execution Server.
Rule Execution Server: Installation artifacts for other application servers > Rule Execution Server for WebLogic	Provides the archives to deploy and configure Rule Execution Server on WebLogic. The archives are copied to <InstallDir>/executionserver/applicationservers/ WebLogic. For more information on how to use the archives to deploy and configure Rule Execution Server, see Configuring Rule Execution Server.
Decision Server Events	WebSphere Application Server is a prerequisite for Decision Server Events.
Event Designer	A development environment within Eclipse to design, develop, test, deploy, and monitor event applications. Event Designer is available from the Event perspective in Eclipse.
Runtime > Event Runtime	The event runtime is an execution platform that manages real-time business event coordination. The event runtime requires WebSphere eXtreme Scale and must be deployed and configured on WebSphere Application Server. Select the type of license that you have: Non-production License: Select this option if you want to use the product for development purposes. This license can only be deployed as part of development and test environment for internal non-production activities. Production License: Select this option if you want to use the product for production.
Runtime > Event Tester Enabler	If Event Tester Enabler is selected, then the Event Tester widget is available.
Runtime > Event Connectors (Legacy)	Event connectors provide data connections between the event runtime and external systems. Legacy connectors include `email` and `ftp`.
Event Widgets for Decision Server	By using the Event Capture widget and the Event Replay widget, you can capture events from a production system, and replay a sequence of events, typically on a test system. The Event Tester widget provides a way to test the event logic in a business process. This widget is aimed at testing and should be used only on a test installation. Do not use it on a production installation as it might affect performance. For more information, see Configuring Decision Server Events.
Integration Components	You can install integration components into the tooling of WebSphere ESB and WebSphere Message Broker to allow these products to send and receive data from Decision Server Events.
Shared components
Samples and Tutorials	Installs the projects for the samples and tutorials, and provides the sample server profile to run the samples and tutorials on WebSphere Application Server. WebSphere Application Server is a prerequisite for this option.
Update sites for installation into other Eclipse products	Provides ZIP files containing the Eclipse update sites (and a copy of the Designer plug-ins) to install Rule Designer and Event Designer features into an existing Eclipse. This provides an alternate way of installing the Designer plug-ins into a supported Eclipse after the installation of Operational Decision Manager. For more information, see Extending Eclipse with the Rule Designer update sites.
Local help system	By default this feature is not selected because the help system points to the online information center. You can select the Local help system option if you prefer accessing the help contents locally. To use the local help system, you only need an Internet connection the first time to download the help contents from the web. After downloading the help contents, you must set up the local help. For more information on how to set up the local help, see Installing and accessing the documentation locally. Important: The local help system does not work on 64-bits platforms, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), that do not have a 32-bits compatibility library installed.

Business Rules Embedded features

With Business Rules Embedded, you can use business rules to dynamically configure the behavior of an Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) application or a Dojo-based web application.

Business Rules Embedded provides authoring components that support the creating and editing of business rules in Eclipse and Dojo environments. The SDK also provides an API for exporting the resulting rule projects to a full Operational Decision Manager system.

The Business Rules Embedded application programming interfaces (APIs) support the following operations:

Generate a Business Object Model (BOM) from an XML schema.
Use the BOM to create a default vocabulary for a locale.
Create business rules individually or in decision tables.
Generate a rule project or a ruleset archive from a set of business rules.
Deploy and execute the ruleset archive on a licensed Rule Execution Server.
Export a rule project for import and editing in Rule Designer or Decision Center.

Business Rules Embedded comes with two sample applications:

xRules: Provides an end-to-end RCP application that shows you how to edit, build, deploy, execute, and export simple business rulesets.
wRules: Provides a Dojo web application that shows you how to use the Dojo- based business rule and decision table editors.

The SDK also includes a set of API tests that show you how to build, deploy, execute, and export the rulesets that are produced by using either authoring environment.

Source code is included for the sample applications and API tests. You can use the code in building your applications.

Business Rules Embedded works with Eclipse 3.6.2 for Java EE Developers, and requires a valid Decision Server license.