An introduction to the Corticon Business Rules Modeling Studio. Learn how to capture rules from business specifications, model the rules, analyze them for logical errors, and test the execution of your rules -- all without any programming. Online only. Uses samples packaged in the Corticon Studio. | |
Learn about the concepts underlying some of Studio's more complex and powerful functions such as ruleflows, scope and defining aliases in rules, understanding collections, using String/DateTime/Collection operators, modeling formulas and equations in rules, and using filters. Online only. | |
Shows rule modelers how to model and test rules that read/write to a relational database. Online only. Uses samples packaged in the Corticon Studio, and Microsoft SQL Server 2014 as its EDC database. | |
Shows integration developers how to set up the Vocabulary to connect and map to a database, configure EDC settings in the Web Console, and other deployment-related tasks. Online only. Uses samples packaged in the Corticon Studio, and Microsoft SQL Server 2014 as its EDC database. | |
This tutorial is for server administrators who are responsible for deploying Corticon Decision Services. Learn how to prepare and deploy a Decision Service on Progress Corticon Server as a REST or SOAP Web Service for Java. This tutorial is also available for download as PDF. | |
This tutorial is for Java developers who want to access a Corticon Decision Service in process from a Java client application. This tutorial is also available for download as PDF. | |
This tutorial is for experienced OpenEdge ABL developers. Learn what you need to do on the OpenEdge side to access and use a Corticon Decision Service from an OpenEdge ABL application. | |
Corticon Online Documentation | |
Updated online help for the current release. | |
The Progress Application Server (PAS) is the Web application server based on Apache Tomcat installed as the default Corticon Server. TCMAN, the command-line utility, manages and administers the Progress Application Server. | |
Access to all guides in the Corticon documentation set in PDF format and JavaDocs. | |
Documentation | Package of all guides in PDF format. |
What's New Guide | PDF format. |
Installation Guide | PDF format. |
Corticon Studio Installers | Include Eclipse help for all guides except Web Console. |
Release and Installation Information | |
Describes the enhancements and changes to the product since its last point release. | |
Step-by-step procedures for installing all Corticon products in this release. | |
Corticon Studio Documentation: Defining and Modeling Business Rules | |
Presents the concepts and purposes the Corticon Vocabulary, then shows how to work with it in Rulesheets by using scope, filters, conditions, collections, and calculations. Discusses chaining, looping, dependencies, filters and preconditions in rules. Presents the Enterprise Data Connector from a rules viewpoint, and then shows how database queries work. Provides information on versioning, natural language, reporting, and localizing. Provides troubleshooting of Rulesheets and Ruleflows. Includes Test Yourself exercises and answers. | |
Reference guide to the Corticon Studio user interface and its mechanics, including descriptions of all menu options, buttons, and actions. | |
Reference information for all operators available in the Corticon Studio Vocabulary. Rulesheet and Ruletest examples are provided for many of the operators. | |
Detailed technical information about the Corticon extension framework for extended operators and service callouts. Describes several types of operator extensions, and how to create custom extension plug-ins. | |
Corticon Server Documentation: Deploying Rules as Decision Services | |
An in-depth, technical description of Corticon Server deployment methods, including preparation and deployment of Decision Services and Service Contracts through the Deployment Console tool. Describes JSON request syntax and REST calls. Discusses relational database concepts and implementation of the Enterprise Data Connector. Goes deep into the server to discuss state, persistence, and invocations by version or effective date. Includes troubleshooting servers though logs, server monitoring techniques, performance diagnostics, and recommendations for performance tuning. | |
Details setting up an installed Corticon Server as a Web Services Server, and then deploying and exposing Decision Services as Web Services on the Progress Application Server (PAS) and other Java-based servers. Includes samples of XML and JSON requests. | |
Details setting up an installed Corticon Server as a Web Services Server, and then deploying and exposing decisions as Web Services with .NET. Includes samples of XML and JSON requests. | |
Presents the features and functions of browser connection to a Web Console installation to manage Java and .NET servers in groups, manage Decision Services as applications, and monitor performance metrics of managed servers. | |