Distributed order orchestration system with rules engine

• US 9,904,898 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2010
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Addala, Raju, Singh, Alok, Suman, Kolanupaka, Siliveri, Lavanya, Nene, Shrikant
• Primary Examiner(s): Choy, Pan G
• Application Number:
  US12/718,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20110218842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,916 Days
• 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 non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to define and implement a business rule for a distributed order orchestration system, the defining and implementing comprising:

creating a business rule that controls the operation of an executable orchestration process based on runtime data, the executable orchestration process comprising steps that orchestrate an order;

when a rule set does not already exist, creating a rule set that includes one or more business rules;

adding the business rule to the rule set;

adding the rule set to a rule dictionary associated with the executable orchestration process, the rule dictionary comprising a library of one or more rule sets;

storing the rule dictionary in a process definition table of a database;

receiving an original order;

creating a first instance of the executable orchestration process, and executing the first instance, wherein executing the first instance comprises processing the original order according to a first process flow;

instantiating a rule session based on the rule dictionary;

receiving runtime data including a change request to the original order;

notifying the first instance of the executable orchestration process to stop or pause execution;

creating a second process flow by modifying the first process flow without recoding and re-deployment of code;

creating a second instance of the executable orchestration process and executing the second instance, wherein executing the second instance comprises processing the change request to the original order according to the second process flow; and

applying a rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process to select a branching condition based on the change request to the original order, including invoking one or more business rules in the rule set as an inline JAVA programming language library, each business rule including a version number.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein applying the rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process further comprises at least one of defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern from a cancel compensation pattern, an update compensation pattern, a redo compensation pattern, and a no operation compensation pattern, filtering one or more order lines, determining a lead-time with respect to planning a step, and determining an amount of time necessary to perform at least one step of the second instance of the executable orchestration process.

3. The non-transitory 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.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the original order includes a line quantity, and the change order includes a new line quantity that is different than the line quantity in the original order.

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

creating, by a processor, a business rule that controls the operation of an executable orchestration process based on runtime data, the executable orchestration process comprising steps that orchestrate an order;

when a rule set does not already exist, creating a rule set that includes one or more business rules;

adding the business rule to the rule set;

adding the rule set to a rule dictionary associated with the executable orchestration process, the rule dictionary comprising a library of one or more rule sets;

storing rule dictionary in a process definition table of a database;

receiving an original order;

creating, by the processor, a first instance of the executable orchestration process and executing the first instance, wherein executing the first instance comprises processing the original order according to a first process flow;

instantiating a rule session based on the rule dictionary;

receiving runtime data including a change request to the original order;

notifying the first instance of the executable orchestration process to stop or pause execution;

creating, by the processor, a second process flow by modifying the first process flow without recoding and re-deployment of code;

creating, by the processor, a second instance of the executable orchestration process and executing the second instance, wherein executing the second instance comprises processing the change request to the original order according to the second process flow; and

applying a rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process to select a branching condition based on the change request to the original order, including invoking one or more business rules in the rule set as an inline JAVA programming language library, each business rule including a version number.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein applying the rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process further comprises at least one of defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern from a cancel compensation pattern, an update compensation pattern, a redo compensation pattern, and a no operation compensation pattern, filtering one or more order lines, determining a lead- time with respect to planning a step, and determining an amount of time necessary to perform at least one step of the second instance of the executable orchestration process.

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

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the original order includes a line quantity, and the change order includes a new line quantity that is different than the line quantity in the original order.

7. A non-transitory 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 implementing comprising:

receiving an original order;

creating a first instance of an executable orchestration process and executing the first instance, wherein executing the first instance comprises processing steps that process the original order according to a first process flow;

loading a rule dictionary from a database, the rule dictionary comprising a library of one or more rule sets, each rule set including at least one business rule that controls the operation of the executable orchestration process based on runtime data;

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

during an execution of the first instance of the executable orchestration process;

receiving runtime data including a change request to the original order,

notifying the first instance of the executable orchestration process to stop or pause execution,

creating a second process flow by modifying the first process flow without recoding and re-deployment of code;

creating a second instance of the executable orchestration process and executing the second instance, wherein executing the second instance comprises processing the change request to the original order according to the second process flow, and

applying a rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process to select a branching condition based on the change request to the original order, including invoking one or more business rules in the rule set as an inline JAVA programming language library, each business rule including a version number.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein applying the rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process further comprises at least one of defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern from a cancel compensation pattern, an update compensation pattern, a redo compensation pattern, and a no operation compensation pattern, filtering one or more order lines, determining a lead- time with respect to planning a step, and determining an amount of time necessary to perform at least one step of the second instance of the executable orchestration process.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the original order includes a line quantity, and the change order includes a new line quantity that is different than the line quantity in the original order.

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

receiving an original order;

creating, by a processor, a first instance of an executable orchestration process and executing the first instance, wherein executing the first instance comprises processing steps that process the original order according to a first process flow;

loading a rule dictionary from a database, the rule dictionary comprising a library of one or more rule sets, each rule set including at least one business rule that controls the operation of the executable orchestration process based on runtime data;

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

during an execution of the first instance of the executable orchestration process;

receiving runtime data including a change request to the original order,

notifying the first instance of the executable orchestration process to stop or pause execution,

creating, by the processor, a second process flow by modifying the first process flow without recoding and re-deployment of code;

creating, by the processor, a second instance of the executable orchestration process and executing the second instance, wherein executing the second instance comprises processing the change request to the original order according to the second process flow, and

applying a rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process to select a branching condition based on the change request to the original order, including invoking one or more business rules in the rule set as an inline JAVA programming language library, each business rule including a version number.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein applying the rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process further comprises at least one of defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern from a cancel compensation pattern, an update compensation pattern, a redo compensation pattern, and a no operation compensation pattern, filtering one or more order lines, determining a lead- time with respect to planning a step, and determining an amount of time necessary to perform at least one step of the second instance of the executable orchestration process.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the original order includes a line quantity, and the change order includes a new line quantity that is different than the line quantity in the original order.

11. A distributed orchestration order system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory storing one or more modules, when executed by the processor;

an order capture module configured to receive an original order; and

an orchestration module, wherein the order capture module is further configured to create a business rule that controls the operation of an executable orchestration process based on runtime data,

wherein, when a rule set does not already exist, the order capture module is further configured to create a rule set, the rule set comprising one or more business rules,

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 an executable orchestration process, the rule dictionary comprising a library of one or more rule sets,

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

wherein the orchestration module is configured to create a first instance of the executable orchestration process comprising steps that process the original order according to a first process flow,

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

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

wherein, during an execution of the first instance of the executable orchestration process;

the order capture module is further configured to receive runtime data including a change request, and the orchestration module is further configured to;

notify the first instance of the executable orchestration process to stop or pause execution,

create a second process flow by modifying the first process flow without recoding and re-deployment of code;

create a second instance of the executable orchestration process comprising steps that process the change request to the original order according to the second process flow, and

apply a rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process to select a branching condition based on the change request to the original order, including invoking one or more business rules in the rule set as an inline JAVA programming language library, each business rule including a version number.

12. The distributed orchestration order system of claim 11, wherein applying the rule set of the rule dictionary to the second instance of the executable orchestration process further comprises at least one of defining and applying a cost of change, selecting a compensation pattern from a cancel compensation pattern, an update compensation pattern, a redo compensation pattern, and a no operation compensation pattern, filtering one or more order lines, determining a lead-time with respect to planning a step, and determining an amount of time necessary to perform at least one step of the second instance of the executable orchestration process.

13. The distributed orchestration order system of claim 11, wherein the order capture module is further configured to save the rule dictionary as a character large object in the process definition table.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the original order includes a line quantity, and the change order includes a new line quantity that is different than the line quantity in the original order.