Decisioning category — Batch Data page

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Decisioning	Batch Data

The Batch Data page provides the facilities to define and manage the batch execution of the strategies that are accessed by your application. Depending on the type of action you want to perform, use the corresponding tab. Batch data functionality assumes the availability of customer data, data classes, and report definition rules. Additionally, for large scale batch decisioning purposes, you can access the Topology landing page through this page.

This page has four tabs:

Batch Runs
Inputs
Outputs
Topology

This landing page is available to users who have access to the Decision Strategy Manager application. For additional information, see the PDN article About the Decision Strategy Manager.

Batch Runs tab

The Batch Runs tab allows you to manage the offline strategy execution configurations (also referred to as batch runs) defined in your application. The display lists the following information about the offline strategy execution configurations available in your application.

Column	Description
Name	The name of the configuration.
Strategy	The name of the strategy rule executed by the batch run.
Input	The name of the configuration that defines the input data for the batch run.
Output	The name of the configuration that defines where and how to store the results of the batch run.
Records Processed	The number of records processed during offline strategy execution.
Finished	The time since offline strategy execution was last executed and completed.
Status	The status of offline strategy execution.
Updated By	The user that last created, updated, or executed the configuration.
ID	The identifier of the batch run.
	Deletes the row.

Two processing buttons display:

New opens the Strategy Execution Configuration form in a separate window that allows you to define a batch run.

Field	Description
Name	Select the name of the configuration. A default name identical to the ID is assigned to a new batch configuration, but you can change it by entering a new name.
Input	Select the configuration that defines the input data for the batch run. Click the link to display the input configuration.
Strategy	Select the strategy rule that executes the batch run. Click the link to display the strategy rule.
Component	Select the decision component in the strategy. Only public components display.
Output	Select the configuration that defines how to store the output of the batch run. Click the link to display the output configuration.

Click Submit to save and add the batch run to the batch run list. Click Submit and Execute to trigger the execution of the batch run and monitor its progress.

Click Stop to stop the batch run. Click Delete to delete the batch run. Click Re-Execute to execute the batch run again.

Refresh refreshes the display with the latest information about the input data configurations.

Inputs tab

The Inputs tab allows you to manage the input configurations that define the input data used in the batch run. It lists the following information about the input configurations available in your application.

Column	Description
Name	The name that identifies the configuration.
Strategy Applies To	The data class on which the strategy is defined.
Report Definition	The name of the report definition that provides the data for strategy execution.
Case ID	The Case ID associated with the configuration.
	Deletes the row.

Two processing buttons display:

New opens the Create/Edit Input Configuration form in a separate window to define the input configuration.

Field	Description
Name	The name of the input configuration.
Strategy Applies To	Select the data class on which the strategy is defined.
Report Definition	Select the name of the report definition that provides the input data for strategy execution. A specific filter pattern is required in the report definition so that batch execution can be distributed across PRPC nodes. This pattern consists of a filter condition that maps the appropriate column to the param.PartitionKey value. Distributed batch execution depends on this filter pattern, as well as how system nodes are configured for that purpose in the Topology tab.
Case ID	Displays the primary key in the database table providing the input data.

Click Save to save the configuration and update the input list. Click Cancel to close the window without saving the input.

Refresh refreshes the display with the latest information about the input data configurations.

Outputs tab

The Outputs tab allows you to manage the configurations that define how and where to store the results of the batch run. The display lists the following information about every input data configuration.

Column	Description
Name	The unique name of this configuration.
Type	The type of output configuration.
Strategy Result Class	The name of the strategy result class configured in the output configuration.
Database	The name of the database where the output of the offline strategy execution should be stored.
Database Table	The name of the database table where the results should be stored.
	Deletes the row.

Two processing buttons display:

New starts the Batch Output Wizard in a separate window that guides you through the process of defining how data instances (strategy results) map back to data in a database tables. There are four steps.
1. Create an output configuration — defines the name of the output configuration, selects the strategy result class and the type of output configuration
2. VBD configuration — defines the customer segmentation, organization hierarchy and measurements for VDB output
3. Report configuration — defines the report class, the database, database table, and specifies the input data and the customer and predefined properties
4. Confirm — displays information about the results of completing the output configuration process, including the name of the data class that will be created and the database table name
Refresh refreshes the display with the latest information about the output data configurations.

Topology tab

The Topology tab allows you to define the participation and load of PRPC systems nodes in batch executions. The displays lists the following information about system nodes.

Column	Description
Host Name	The name of the system node.
Description	The description of the node.Changing the description of the node may be necessary when multiple system nodes run on the same server.
Agent Status	The status — Disabled or Enabled — of the ProcessBatchJob agent.
Enable Batch	Check the box to add a given system node to the pool of nodes used to distribute batch execution.
Threads	Select the number of threads that can run in a given node.
Updated Time	The last time the configuration for a given node was saved.
Updated By	The name of the user who last updated the configuration for a given node.
Node ID	The PRPC node ID.
ID	The identifier of the batch run.