The following procedures show to bring a Decision Service under management either as an independent Decision Service, or as a member of an Application.

Note: As the general steps are common to both adding and editing a Decision Service, this topic focuses on the tasks when adding a Decision Service, and then shows how to access a Decision Service to edit it.

To add a Decision Service:

  1. Connect to the Web Console server where you want to add Decision Services.
  2. Click the Decision Services button:
  3. Click + Add Decision Service:
  4. The Add a new Decision Service dialog box opens:


  5. You can choose to create an Application for the Decision Service you are adding:


    1. If you choose that option and click OK, the New Application dialog opens:


    2. Enter a Name and Description.
    3. Choose the server or server group where the Application's Decision Services are to be deployed.
    4. Set options that will apply to all Decision Services in the Application.
    5. Click + Add for each Decision Service you want to add to the Application.
  6. On either path, the New Decision Service dialog box opens at the Decision Service tab:
    1. Enter a name. Note that this will be its name when deployed, not the name of the EDS file you choose.
    2. Add a description.
    3. Click Choose file to locate an EDS file.
    4. Choose a server or server group
    5. If you started this process as a single Decision Service, you can choose to add it to an existing application from the list that will be offered.
  7. Click the Datasource tab to access its options:
    1. Datasource Configuration File: Specify the XML file that contains the data source access properties. To learn how to generate this file from Corticon Studio, see the topic:Export the Datasource Configuration file .
    2. You can change the EDC Access Mode option to either Read Only or Read/Update to extend the dialog tab to display additional configuration settings:
    3. In the EDC Access Mode, choose the appropriate access option. This setting controls how a Decision Service will access connected databases. Select Read Only or Read/Update to then expose additional settings that you need to configure:
      • EDC Entities Returned Mode: Choosing All Entities returns all records from the database when the Decision Service executes. Choosing Incoming and New Entities returns entities that were in the request message and only those entity records that are added or modified in the database when the Decision Service executes. Select the appropriate option.
      • EDC Caching: Database caching enables Corticon to store often-used data in a cache. This improves the performance of the Decision Service since it can read and write data in the cache faster than if this data was in the database. If you choose Enabled, database caching will be enabled for the Decision Service. To learn more about database caching, see the topic: How to work with database caches.
        Important: Turning caching on or off - If you want to enable or disable caching on a deployed Decision Service, the mechanisms of caching require that you undeploy and delete the Decision Service, and then add and deploy the Decision Service again with the cache enablement setting you want.
  8. Click the Advanced tab to access its options:


    Consult the Server Guide for more information about these settings.
    1. In the Maximum Pool Size field, specify how many execution threads for this Decision Service will be added to the execution queue. If you leave this field blank, the Web Console will set a default value of 1.
    2. In the XML message style section, choose whether request messages for this Decision Service should contain a Flat or Hierarchical payload structure. Auto Detect accepts either style.
  9. Click Save to store the Decision Service but not deploy it. Click Save & Deploy to store the Decision Service and also deploy it. Click Cancel to close without making changes.