Connecting JRules directly from IBM BPM Via Webservice-SOAP connector:
Just want to add that this is not a best practice, but a nice description of one way to integrate BPM 7.5.1 with JRules. There are multiple factors that impact the integration pattern. You always have to consider the information model in scope for the rules, that is far different from the model for the process. So the BPD will most likely not be able to send all the data to JRules. There is always a middle man, service, responsible to populate the data graph needed for the rule processing. With BPM Advance this could be a SCA component integrated as Advance Integration Service, in BPM Standard a java component exposed as web service and consumed as such within the BPD.
JRules connector directly in IBM BPM
The goal of embedding the ILOG rule editor inside IBM BPM is to provide a much simpler way to modify the behavior of the processes. Those rules live within the process and as such a new version of the process needs to be redeployed every time a rule needs to be changed.
SOA Best Approach:
The SOA based approach for Business Process Management suggests the options as below:
- Blueworks Live -> Business Process Manager
- ILOG(create Business rules) -> Websphere Integration Developer -> Process Server
Identify the Hosted Transparent Decision Service (HTDS) interface .
Create an SCA library for HTDS WSDL.
Defines a mediation module for the interface mapping.
Joel Krishnan, a Solution Architect for Prolifics, has over 9+ years of IT experience and has worked in many customers implementing technology solutions across multiple business verticals.He is specialized in IBM BPM specifically in ProcessDesigner.He has extensive experince in Architecture/Design and Devopment of IBM BPM.He is also certified in IBM BPM. Joel received his BE in Electrical Engineering in 2002.
