Operational Decision Manager for z/OS

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Business rule management system (BRMS) and business event monitoring. BRMS component separates business rules from application logic. Event processing component allows non-technical users to identify criteria justifying events. Websphere Operational Decision Management can monitor and process these events, possibly searching for patterns or thresholds.

Consists of two products:

Websphere Decision Center for z/OS

Store and manage business rules, policies and events. Features include:

• Administration console
• Repository - stores business and event rules created in Websphere Decision Server. Data stored in DB2 databases.

Runs on Websphere Application Server.

Websphere Decision Server for z/OS

Runtime for business events and rules. Rules options include:

• zRule Execution Server for z/OS - Rule execution for COBOL applications (batch and CICS).
• Rule Execution Server - Rule execution for SOA and Java applications. Executes under Websphere Application Server. Previously Websphere ILOG JRules for z/OS.
• Generated COBOL rule sub-programs - Generate COBOL code to execute rules. Previously Websphere ILOG Rules for COBOL.

Business rules component of Websphere Decision Server also available as Websphere Business Rules for z/OS.

First released in 2011, merging Websphere Business Events and Websphere ILOG BRMS products such as Websphere ILOG Rule Team Server for z/OS and Websphere Business Rules for z/OS.

IBM Product IDs: 

• V7.5 Product ID: 5655-Y07
• V8.x Product ID: 5655-Y17