IBM® Operational Decision Manager (ODM) is an implementation of a Business Rule Management System (BRMS). It enables you to create, manage, test, and govern business rules and events. You can store these in a central repository where multiple individuals and software products can access them.

IBM ODM Version 8.0 provides support for IBM® IMS™ COBOL programs. This IBM Redpaper™ publication walks you through a step-by-step approach for using IBM ODM for rules management from an IMS COBOL MPP, BMP, or DL/IBATCH program.

Chapter 1. Using IBM Operational Decision Manager for rules management support

Chapter 2. Setting up rules in ODM

Chapter 3. Coding IMS programs to use ODM for rules management

Appendix A. COBOL copybooks

Appendix B. HBRENVPR DD statement

Appendix C. Sample miniloan application program

Appendix D. JCL to run an IMS DLIBatch program or BMP that uses Rule Execution Server for z/OS

Appendix E. Further rules definitions