Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Business Rules Component Overview - Self-Study Course

This online course deals with Oracle Business Rule service component and its functionalities. It highlights the key features of the Business Rule service component. It also gives an insight on how the Business Rule service component enables you to implement business logic and policies of an organization in an SOA composite application.

Oracle Business Rules enable dynamic decisions at runtime allowing you to automate policies, computations, and reasoning while separating rule logic from underlying application code. Business Rules can be added as part of an SOA composite application or as part of a BPEL process.

Learn To:

• Oracle Business Rule Architecture
• Creating the Business Rule Component
• Creating Decisions Table, Business Rules, Rule Set and Rule Dictionary
• Adding Business Rule Component into a BPEL process
• Configuring Business Rule activities in a BPEL process
• Key Features of the Oracle Business Rule Component

Audience

• Application Developers
• Business Analysts
• Developer
• Functional Implementer
• Project Manager
• SOA Architect
• Technical Consultant

Course Topics Introduction to the Business Rule Component

• Introducing Business Rules
• Understanding Rule Inference Concept
• Introducing Guidelines for Selecting Rules Use Case
• Understanding Basic Business Rule concepts

Oracle Business Rule Architecture

• Introducing Business Rule Engine Architecture
• Understanding Declarative Rule
• Introducing RETE Algorithm and its benefits
• Defining working memory
• Firing of rules in a rule session

Overview of the Business Rule Component in an SOA Composite Application

• Introducing the Business Rule Component
• Developing Business Rule for an application
• Understanding Decision Service Architecture
• Creating a Business Rule Component in an SOA Composite Application
• Configuring Business Rules in BPEL
• Configuring Business Rule Input Facts and Output Facts
• Working with Business Rules Designer

Working with Data Model Elements

• Introducting Data Model Elements
• Creating XML Facts
• Creating RL Functions
• Creating Oracle Business Rule Globals
• Working with Bucketsets
• Creating Links to other Dictionaries
• Working with Rules and Rulesets
• Working with Decision Tables and Decision Functions

Testing Business Rules

• Testing Business Rules at Design time
• Testing Business Rules at Run time

Course Objectives

• Create Decision Table, Business Rule, Rule Set and Rule Dictionary
• Create a Business Rule Component in a composite application
• Incorporate Business Rule into a BPEL process
• Configure Business Rule activities in a BPEL process
• Test Business Rules