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Developing Decision Services in IBM Operational Decision Manager–II
This is the second course in a two-part series that teaches developers how to use IBM Operational Decision Manager 8.11.1 to develop and integrate decision services.The course begins with an overview...
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$1,900 USD
Duration
2 days
Course Code
WB407G
Available Formats
Classroom, Virtual
Overview
This is the second course in a two-part series that teaches developers how to use IBM Operational Decision Manager 8.11.1 to develop and integrate decision services.
The course begins with an overview of Operational Decision Manager, which is composed of two main environments: Decision Server for technical users and Decision Center for business users. The course outlines the collaboration between development and business teams during project development.Through hands-on exercises, you learn how to design decision services and implement object models in Rule Designer. You learn how to support business users by setting up the rule authoring environment. And you enable rule testing and simulation so business users can ensure that their rulesets produce the correct outcome.
Skills Gained
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Customize the Business Object Model (BOM) and vocabulary for rule authoring
- Debug business rule applications to ensure that the implemented business logic is error-free
- Package and deploy decision services to test and production environments
- Integrate decision services for managed execution within an enterprise environment
- Monitor and audit execution of decision services
- Apply governance principles to decision management
Exercises
- Exercise 1. Working with static domains
- Exercise 2. Working with dynamic domains
- Exercise 3. Working with searches and queries
- Exercise 4. Debugging a ruleset
- Exercise 5. Managing deployment
- Exercise 6. Exploring the Rule Execution Server console
- Exercise 7. Executing rules using the REST service
- Exercise 8. Auditing ruleset execution through Decision Warehouse
Who Can Benefit
This course is designed for developers.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have:
- Experience with the Java programming language and object-oriented concepts
- Basic knowledge of Extensible Markup Language (XML)
- Knowledge of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
- Basic knowledge of the REST API and RESTful architecture
- Completion of WB406: Developing Rule Solutions in IBM Operational Decision Manager- I
Course Details
Course Outline
- Course introduction
- Unit 1. Review: IBM Operational Decision Manager
- Unit 2. Customizing rule vocabulary with categories and domains
- Exercise 1. Working with static domains
- Exercise 2. Working with dynamic domains
- Unit 3. Working with queries
- Exercise 3. Working with searches and queries
- Unit 4. Debugging rulesets
- Exercise 4. Debugging a ruleset
- Unit 5. Managing deployment
- Exercise 5. Managing deployment
- Unit 6. Executing rules with Rule Execution Server
- Exercise 6. Exploring the Rule Execution Server console
- Unit 7. Working with transparent decision services
- Exercise 7. Executing rules using the REST service
- Unit 8. Auditing and monitoring ruleset execution
- Exercise 8. Auditing ruleset execution through Decision Warehouse
- Unit 9. Applying decision governance
- Course summary
Schedule
4 options available
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Jul 10, 2025 - Jul 11, 2025 (2 days)
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