Repackaging the SSP and Decision Center archives

You repackage the Scenario Service Provider (SSP) and the Decision Center archives when you create a custom format, or when you add a XOM to the SSP.

About this task

You repackage both the SSP and Decision Center archives for one of the following reasons:

When you create a new format (custom scenario provider or custom KPI)
When you modify the default Excel formats

You can repackage the SSP file to add the XOM of any rule project that you want to test.

Note:

To make a XOM accessible to the SSP, you can also use the Managed Java™ XOM feature (see Making the XOM accessible by deploying the XOM).

Procedure

To repackage the archives:

Create a DVS Project by clicking File > New > Project > Rule Designer > Decision Validation Services > DVS Project, entering a name for the DVS Project and a customization, and clicking Finish.
This generates the DVS Project along with its first DVS Customization (.sspc).
In the DVS customization, enter some configurations, formats, and rule projects.
Make sure that the configuration contains the path to the archives that you want to repackage. By default, the configuration points to the source archives in your installation.

The repackaging of the Decision Center archive is optional. You must repackage the Decision Center archive if you have created custom formats or modified the default formats.
Note:
- If you have installed Decision Center into a different package group than Decision Server, you must specify the path to the Decision Center installation to repackage the archive.
- You can modify the classpath variable ILOG_EXECUTION_SERVER_HOME. To modify the classpath variable, click Window > Preferences, and then click Java > Build Path > Classpath Variables.
In the Actions section, click Repackage.
In the Configuration field, select the configuration that defines the application server to use and the paths to the archives to repackage.
Select the archives that you want to repackage.
Click OK.
The repackaging might take a few seconds to complete.

Rule Designer repackages the files and saves them in the applicationservers directory of the DVS Project.

Results

The build.xml file contains the Ant targets to manually repackage the SSP and Decision Center archives with the XOM and the formats, if you want to customize the build script.

You can now deploy both files using the instructions specific to your application server.