A running business rule application is the result of a three stage process involving development, deployment, and execution. This process can be cyclic, since rules may change over time. In the development stage, rules are written and tested in Rule Studio, then deployed inside a RuleApp. As a result of deployment, a ruleset is made available on Rule Execution Server.
You can deploy rules created in Rule Studio to Rule Execution Server using the Rule Studio deployment wizard. This wizard allows you to deploy your rule artifacts in the form of a ruleset stored in a RuleApp in the Rule Execution Server persistence.
Before you try to deploy a rule project, you need to have:
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Rule Studio for .NET installed on the same machine as Visual Studio
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the Management and Persistence Services running
To deploy rules from Rule Studio
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Open Visual Studio 2005.
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In the Solution Explorer, right-click the rule project you want to deploy and select Deploy to open the Rule Execution Server Deployment wizard:
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On Page 1 of the wizard, select the computer on which Rule Execution Server is installed. Select either This computer, or select The remote computer and enter the computer ID.
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Under User account, leave the My current local account checkbox selected if you want your username and password to be used, otherwise deselect it and enter the Username and Password you want to be used.
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Click Next to display the RuleApp Information input page:
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If you are deploying new set of rules, click Create RuleApp and:
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Enter a RuleApp name.
The name can comprise letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9) and the underscore character. Letters are not case-sensitive. The name must not start with a number.
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Set the Version to 1.0.
The version number must be in
n.n format, and the first number must be 1 or greater.
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If you are deploying a new version of an existing set of rules, click Existing RuleApp, select the required RuleApp and update the version number.
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If required, enter a Display Name for the RuleApp and some text in the Description field.
The same naming conventions apply for the Display Name as for the RuleApp name.
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Click Next to display the Ruleset Information page:
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If you are deploying a new set of rules:
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Enter a ruleset name. The same naming conventions apply as for the RuleApp name.
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Set the Version to 1.0.
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If you are deploying a new version of an existing set of rules, update the ruleset version number.
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If required, enter the ruleset name as you want it to be displayed in the Rule Execution Server Console, and add a Description.
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Click Finish.
You should see a deployment summary page stating that you have successfully deployed the ruleset inside a RuleApp.
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Click Close to close the wizard.
The ruleset is now deployed inside the RuleApp in the Rule Execution Server persistence.
See Also
RuleApps and Rulesets | Creating Rule Projects | Deploying Rules Using the Rule Execution Server Console | Deploying Rules Using MSBuild
