User Interface Navigation

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User Interface Navigation

Signing in to Rule Execution Server Console displays the home page, which is made up of a top banner and several tabs. The tabs let you access system administration information and tasks. The contents of each of these tabs is described in the following sections:

The Top Banner

The top banner stays available regardless of which tab is currently selected. Other than giving you access to the other tabs, the top banner lets you:

Sign out, as well as giving you your current sign in name (at the top right).
Access the Help button, to display this online help.
Display the current view in a format that is print friendly. Click Normal View to return to a view with the top banner.
See when the server logs an error. Click the view errors link to see more details on the server status.

The Home Tab

The Home tab is displayed each time you log in to Rule Execution Server Console.

The Home tab serves as a Welcome page. It displays the version of the console in the splash screen and a brief description of the other tabs.

The Explorer Tab

The Explorer tab provides a view of the deployed archives and a view of available transparent decision services. A Navigator panel is always available on the left side, which provides a collapsible table of contents of the RuleApps and the rulesets they contain, as well as the list of transparent decision services.

In the main part of the Explorer tab, you will find a view for:

RuleApps--Displays in tabular form the number and names of the deployed RuleApps.

The RuleApps table provides the name, version, creation date, and the number of rulesets each RuleApp contains.

RuleApp--Displays in tabular form the contents of the deployed RuleApp.

A resume of the RuleApp is provided as well as a table that contains: the ruleset archive name, the version number, the creation date, and the full ruleset path. The view also provides access to the RuleApp properties.

Ruleset--Displays a resume of the selected ruleset as well as providing links to: view statistics, show properties, and show the ruleset archive elements.
Transparent Decision Services--Displays in tabular form the number and names of the available transparent decision services.

The Transparent Decision Services table provides the name, the ruleset path, and the number of instances of each transparent decision service.

Transparent Decision Service--Displays in tabular form the contents of the available transparent decision service.

A resume of the transparent decision service is provided as well as a table that contains: the transparent decision service name, the full ruleset path, and the status. The view also provides access to the common properties.

Breadcrumbs are provided in the Explorer pages to help you locate where you are and where you have came from. The breadcrumbs are also links that you can click to move back along the same path.

The Diagnostics Tab

The Diagnostics tab provides a feature to test the execution of a ruleset on all Execution Unit (XU) instances (typically cluster members) that are visible to the management console. The diagnostics result provides an unambiguous view of all the members of a cluster.

The Server Info Tab

The Server Info tab provides a resume of the server at that moment. The following information is displayed:

Total number of RuleApps
Total number of rulesets
Product version
Persistence Type
Log level
Log file

Details of the running Execution Units (XU) are displayed as well as a full listing of the logging events. There are three types of log messages: info, warnings, and errors. These can be viewed by selecting the type in the drop-down filter.