Before You Use Software AG Designer for Rules Development

You must install and configure several Software AG products, before you can use Software AG Designer for Rules Development. For complete information about installation, see Software AG Installation Guide.

Note:

If you upgraded Software AG Designer, you must upgrade all outdated rule projects before you can work with them, see Upgrading webMethods Products.

To create and locally test business rules using the Rules Development feature of Software AG Designer:

Software AG Designer with the Rules Development feature must be installed.

Software AG Designer must be configured to have network access to the Integration Server to import document types. For more information, see webMethods Service Development Help.

To export and deploy rule projects to the Integration Server that is used as runtime environment:

WmBusinessRules package must be installed on the Integration Server. For more information, see webMethods Service Development Help.

Software AG Designer must be configured to have network access to the Integration Server. For more information, see webMethods Service Development Help.

You must have a valid license that includes the functionality you want to work with. For more information, see About Rules Development Licenses.

To exchange rule projects with the My webMethods Server repository:

The Rules package must be installed on the My webMethods Server. This creates the folder in which the rule projects are stored (My webMethods Applications\webMethods Application Data\Rule Projects).

Proper user access rights to the repository must be configured on the My webMethods Server. For more information, see Working with Business Rules in My webMethods, Installation and Configuration Information for My webMethods System Administrators.

Software AG Designer must be configured to have network access to the My webMethods Server repository, see Configuring a My webMethods Server Repository Connection.

To exchange rule project metadata with CentraSite:

CentraSite Integration plugin must be installed. For more information, see Software AG Installation Guide.

Software AG Designer must be configured to have network access to CentraSite. For more information, see webMethods CentraSite Metadata Help.