Intelligent Advisor

Hello Guys,

It's me again! :) I already deployed and installed OPA and OPM and was able to access the sample rulebases. I just have some questions / clarifications on how OPA and OPM works.

1. When you build and run project via OPM, the web-determinations page only opens locally. It will not be directly loaded / deployed to the web server unless the compiled project (rulebase) is copied to the *.war file. I think OPM is really for developers’ use only. Once the project is tested, developer will request to deploy it to the web server. Please confirm if my understanding is correct.

2. Is there a technical architecture diagram that will show how the OPA components work? Or how are they connected with each other? When I access the sample rulebase, the only URL I see is the web-determinations. Not sure what's the purpose of the other components or if they work independently.

3. Should the contents of web-determinations and determination-servers directories the same? For instance, if we deploy a new rulebase/plugin to web-determinations, should we also copy those files to determination-servers?

4. For the interview portlet, will it work with 'Oracle WebCenter Portal 11g Patch Set 5 (11.1.1.6.0)'? In the OPA install guide, it is stated that the 'Consume the Interview Portlet on WebCenter can be done on any instance of WebCenter and will require you to have a working portal application', what does the portal application mean? If we'll integrate OPA with PeopleSoft, do we need to install PeopleSoft Portal application? For now, we only planned to use OPA with PeopleSoft HRMS, Financials and CRM applications. Please confirm if we need to install PS Portal application as well.

This is all I have for now... Thanks in advance for your assistance. :)

Regards,

Ann M.