Kurs informasjon: Authoring Business Rules in IBM WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server V7.1 (Selfpaced)

NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE SELF-PACED VIRTUAL COURSE. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS COURSE.

Self-paced virtual courses provide the same deep technical content as our classroom courses, but allow you to learn on your own schedule. You can stop and start a Self-Paced Virtual class as needed during the 60-day access period.

There is no live instructor for this course, so it may not be appropriate for students who require the guidance of a live instructor. In such cases, students should consider the alternative versions of this course:

• Classroom delivery: Authoring Business Rules in IBM WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server V7.1 (WB310)
• Instructor-led online delivery: Authoring Business Rules in IBM WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server V7.1 (Remote) (VB310NO)

This 3-day instructor-led course introduces policy managers and other business users to IBM WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server V7.1, and teaches the concepts, processes, and procedures necessary to write, update, and maintain business rules.

Through instructor-led presentations, product demonstrations, and hands-on lab exercises, you will learn the core features of IBM WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server V7.1 and how to perform rule authoring tasks. These tasks include updating existing business rules to reflect changes in business policy and creating new business rules by using building blocks and vocabulary from the underlying business object model (BOM) to define variables and express rule condition and action statements. You will also learn how to create and update decision tables, and how to use supporting features that simplify maintenance of rules, such as using the query features to locate specific rules, analyze them to look for potential problems, and make changes, and using the history feature to compare versions.

In addition, this course provides you with an in-depth look at rule authoring using Rule Team Server. A realistic case study is used throughout the course to demonstrate the principles of rule authoring. In hands-on exercises, you will work with rules that are based on an actual business model, enabling them to experience some of the questions and issues that arise when users author rules that reflect complex business decisions and models. You will also closely examine the business case study and its underlying business object model (BOM) to understand how the BOM is reflected in the Rule Team Server user interface. The rule authoring exercises build upon each other, and show you how the BOM and user interface relate to each other when rules are authored.  

This course is not suitable for students who have already completed the 5-day course Capturing and Authoring Business Rules in IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules V7.1 (WB308)

Note: While IBM WebSphere ILOG Rule Team Server is used as the primary authoring tool throughout this course, skills mastered in this course are easily transferable to authoring rules in IBM WebSphere ILOG Rule Studio.

Online Enrollment:

THIS IS A SELF-PACED VIRTUAL CLASS.  ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.

Before you enroll, review the system requirements listed below to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course.

Within 48 hours of enrolling in the course, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing your online link, your ID and password, and additional instructions for starting the course.

Start the course at any time. Once you start the course, you have 60 days to complete it.  You are billed for the course when you submit the enrollment form.

ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT.

For information on other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths website:

http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths/

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This course is for policy managers and other business users who author and maintain rules using Rule Team Server.

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You should have experience in identifying, defining, and testing business policies and rules.

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• Use Rule Team Server to create and edit business rules
• Define rule-specific variables to use in other parts of a rule
• Develop appropriate condition and action statements when writing rules
• Use Business Action Language (BAL) appropriately in various parts of rules
• Use vocabulary and business terms associated with the underlying business object model (BOM) when writing rules
• Create and edit decision tables in Rule Team Server
• Use the query features to locate, analyze, and change rules
• Use various Rule Team Server features that support rule authoring, such as versions, rule history, and smart views

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• Course Introduction
• Introducing business rules
• Introducing JRules BRMS
• Introducing rule authoring
• Foundations of rule authoring
• Getting comfortable with Rule Team Server
• Working with conditions in rules
• Working with definitions in rules
• Writing complete rules
• Authoring decision tables and trees
• Authoring rules: putting it all together (optional)
• Queries and checks
• Course summary

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After you enroll in this course, you will be directed to a link to help you prepare your system to access the course.

The computer you use to access the labs should meet the following requirements:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher
• Minimum 512 MB of memory
• Microsoft Internet Explorer V7 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox V3 or higher
• Citrix ICA Client installed
• Access to the Internet

If you are running Windows 2000, ensure that your Internet Explorer uses 128-bit encryption. You can verify this by opening Internet Explorer and selecting Help > About Internet Explorer. If 128-bit is not listed, download and install the code from Microsoft.

The following network configurations will not work with these labs:

• Dialup connections
• Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) scripts loaded on the local machine (using file:// under Use automatic configuration script in Internet Explorer's Local Area Network (LAN) Settings); use a PAC script on a Web server (using http://) instead
• Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) only configurations; contact your location's network administrator about alternative configurations

The following configurations may or may not work with these labs, but are not supported:

• Citrix Clients under the following operating systems:
  • Windows 95
  • Linux
  • UNIX
  • Macintosh

• Web browsers other than Internet Explorer V7 or higher and Firefox V3 or higher

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