Many Decision Services might be deployed on a Corticon Server. There are two types of Decision
Services from the point of view of the Web Console, based on how they were deployed:
Managed Decision Services are those
deployed through the Web Console. For managed Decision Services the Web
Console has the EDS file, and can perform more management activities such as
deploying it to additional Corticon Servers. Managed Decision Services can be:
Added directly through the Web Console's Add Decision Service feature.
Added directly from Corticon Studio using the
Studio's Package and Deploy feature. Studio
prompts for the Application where the Decision Service will be
added, and the Server or Server Group where it will be
deployed.
Discovered Decision Services are
those deployed not through the Web Console but through another means. The
management operations the Web Console can perform on discovered Decision
Services is limited so as not to conflict with how they were deployed.
Discovered Decision Services could be:
Decision Services packaged and deployed directly
from Corticon Studio or any
of the deployment tools.
These are Decision Services deployed through
Corticon
Deployment Descriptors (CDDs) -- text-based files that specify a
Decision Service to be deployed and its deployment properties. CDD
files are automatically loaded by the Corticon Server.
In most deployments, you will likely use either managed or unmanaged
Decision Services. The approach you take for deployment and management depends on
your needs.
How Decision Service types are displayed
When you deploy Corticon rules through CDD files, your unmanaged
Decision Services are discovered, as shown:
When you deploy Decision Services through the Web Console, they are
shown as managed:
When you use applications to group your Decision Services, each managed Application lists its Decision Services:
Opening the Decision Services and Applications page
Connect to the Web Console server where you manage Decision
Services.
Click the Decision Services button:
The Decision Services page shows all the types of Decision Services
on the managed servers, as illustrated:
