Types of Decision Services

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.

Opening the Decision Services and Applications page

  1. Connect to the Web Console server where you manage Decision Services.
  2. Click the Decision Services button:

The Decision Services page shows all the types of Decision Services on the managed servers.

How Decision Service types are displayed

Decision services are identified as either managed (created in the Web Console) or discovered. Managed Decision Service show applications with their Decision Services as well their server compatibility. The effective and expires dates, and the version were set in the Ruleflow that generated the Decision Service. Discovered Decision Services identify the ones that were using CDDs to identify their source.

In the illustration:

  • Managed Applications
  • Managed Decision Services
  • Discovered Decision Services