This tutorial uses a sample loan validation system to demonstrate the testing and simulation capabilities of the Rule Scenario Manager Console.

The tutorial is made up of the following tasks:

It will take you about two hours to complete this tutorial.

Before You Start

This tutorial is designed to run on the version of JBoss supplied with the JRules distribution. In order for the tutorial to work correctly, you need to start the JBoss server and also run a utility that prepares Rule Scenario Manager for the tutorial. This utility compiles and repackages the XOM files into the Scenario Service Provider and deploys the RuleApps used.

To prepare for the tutorial:

Tutorial Directory Structure

In this document, <TutorialsDir> refers to the installation directory of the Rule Scenario Manager tutorials, which is normally <InstallDir>/scenariomanager/tutorials. All the files for this tutorial are contained in the following directory: <TutorialsDir>/rsmconsole.

Each task in the Console tutorial has its own directory containing the files you need to do the task. In addition, from Task 2, the directories contain the results from the previous tasks, in the form of RSM archives. This allows you to start the tutorial from any of the tasks.

It is recommended to work through the tutorial as a progression - each task leads into the next. However, you can also start each task independently using the files supplied here. The tutorial has the following structure: