DISTRIBUTED ORDER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM WITH RULES ENGINE

• US 20110218842A1
• Filed: 03/05/2010
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: NENE, Shrikant, SINGH, Alok, SUMAN, Kolanupaka, SILIVERI, Lavanya, ADDALA, Raju
• Granted Patent: US 9,904,898 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis

Abstract

A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and system are provided. In one embodiment, a business rule is created, and, when a rule set does not already exist, a rule set is already created. The business rule is added to the rule set, and the rule set is added to a rule dictionary of a business process. The rule dictionary is stored in a process definition table.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to define a business rule for a distributed order orchestration system, the instructions comprising:

creating a business rule;

when a rule set does not already exist, creating a rule set;

adding the business rule to the rule set;

adding the rule set to a rule dictionary of a business process; and

storing the rule dictionary in a process definition table.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1,

wherein the rule dictionary comprises a library of one or more rule sets,

wherein the rule set comprises one or more business rules, and

wherein the business rule determines how the executable process should perform based on runtime data.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein determining how the executable process should perform based on runtime data comprises at least one of, determining how the executable process should implement a step, defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern, selecting a branching condition, filtering one or more order lines, and determining a lead-time.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the storing the rule dictionary further comprises saving the rule dictionary as a character large object in the process definition table.

5. A computer-implemented method for defining a business rule for a distributed order orchestration system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

creating a business rule;

when a rule set does not already exist, creating a rule set;

adding the business rule to the rule set;

adding the rule set to a rule dictionary of a business process; and

storing rule dictionary in a process definition table.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5,

wherein the rule dictionary comprises a library of one or more rule sets,

wherein the rule set comprises one or more business rules, and

wherein the business rule dictates how the executable process should perform a step based on runtime data.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein determining how the executable process should perform based on runtime data comprises at least one of, determining how the executable process should implement a step, defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern, selecting a branching condition, filtering one or more order lines, and determining a lead-time.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the storing the rule dictionary further comprises saving the rule dictionary as a character large object in the process definition table.

9. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to implement a business rule in a distributed order orchestration system, the instructions comprising:

creating an instance of an executable process;

loading a rule dictionary;

initiating a rule session based on the loaded rule dictionary; and

during an execution of the instance of the executable process, applying a business rule of a rule set of the rule dictionary in order to evaluate a condition for the instance of the executable process.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9,

wherein the rule dictionary comprises a library of one or more rule sets,

wherein the rule set comprises one or more business rules, and

wherein the business rule determines how the executable process should perform based on runtime data.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein determining how the executable process should perform based on runtime data comprises at least one of, determining how the executable process should implement a step, defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern, selecting a branching condition, filtering one or more order lines, and determining a lead-time.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the applying the business rule further comprises invoking the business rule as an inline Java®

programming language library.

13. A computer-implemented method for implementing a business rule in a distributed order orchestration system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

creating an instance of an executable process;

loading a rule dictionary;

initiating a rule session based on the loaded rule dictionary; and

during an execution of the instance of the executable process, applying a business rule of a rule set of the rule dictionary in order to evaluate a condition for a step of the instance of the executable process.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13,

wherein the rule dictionary comprises a library of one or more rule sets,

wherein the rule set comprises one or more business rules, and

wherein the business rule determines how the executable process should perform based on runtime data.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein determining how the executable process should perform based on runtime data comprises at least one of, determining how the executable process should implement a step, defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern, selecting a branching condition, filtering one or more order lines, and determining a lead-time.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the applying the business rule further comprises invoking the business rule as an inline Java®

programming language library.

17. A distributed orchestration order system, comprising:

a processor;

an order capture module; and

an orchestration module,

wherein the order capture module is configured to create a business rule,

wherein, when a rule set does not already exist, the order capture module is further configured to create a rule set,

wherein the order capture module is further configured to add the business rule to the rule set,

wherein the order capture module is further configured to add the rule set to a rule dictionary of a business process,

wherein the order capture module is further configured to store the rule dictionary in a process definition table,

wherein the orchestration module is configured to create an instance of an executable process,

wherein the orchestration module is further configured to load a rule dictionary,

wherein the orchestration module is further configured to initiate a rule session based on the loaded rule dictionary, and

wherein, during an execution of the instance of the executable process, the orchestration module is further configured to apply a business rule of a rule set of the rule dictionary in order to evaluate a condition for the instance of the executable process.

18. The distributed orchestration order system of claim 17,

wherein the rule dictionary comprises a library of one or more rule sets,

wherein the rule set comprises one or more business rules, and

wherein the business rule determines how the executable process should perform based on runtime data.

19. The distributed orchestration order system of claim 18, wherein determining how the executable process should perform based on runtime data comprises at least one of, determining how the executable process should implement a step, defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern, selecting a branching condition, filtering one or more order lines, and determining a lead-time.

20. The distributed orchestration order system of claim 17, wherein the order capture module is further configured to save the rule dictionary as a character large object in the process definition table.

21. The distributed orchestration order system of claim 17, wherein the orchestration module is further configured to invoke the business rule as an inline Java®

programming language library.