1.2. What's New in Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.2

Note

As of version 6.2, Red Hat JBoss BRMS no longer supports Internet Explorer 10.
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.2 is a minor release over the previous version of 6.1. It brings support for deployment provisioning governance, case management, and several other enhancements.
JBoss BRMS 6.2 includes OpenShift-ready process and decision servers, However, the Business Central is not supported for OpenShift in JBoss BRMS 6.2. The xPaaS products will be provided only after full capabilities of JBoss BRMS are available for OpenShift.
The following features are new and noteworthy in this release:
  • Enhanced validation and verification of decision tables. The decision tables are now validated as and when the value of each cell changes. The validation and verification checks include:
    • Redundancy
    • Subsumption
    • Conflicts
    • Missing Columns
    For details, see Verification and Validation of Decision Tables.
  • A new locking mechanism has been introduced in Business Central to avoid conflicts when editing assets. This ensures that only one user at a time can edit an asset. An asset is automatically locked when a user opens it to edit and the lock is released as soon as the user saves or closes the asset. The feature also allows you to force unlock a locked asset if you want to edit a file locked by another user. For details, see Asset locking Support.
  • The JBoss BRMS configurations, persistence, and advanced configurations are now moved into tool windows in Business Central. These advanced configurations in tool windows provide context aware screens. Each screen contains a domain editor that manages a set of related Data Object parameters. For details, see Data Modeler.
  • Data modeler is extended to support the generation of persistable Data Objects. The persistable Data Objects are based on the JPA specification and all the underlying metadata are automatically generated. For details, see Data Modeler.
  • Business Central now offers a new perspective for authoring data set definitions. Data set definitions make it possible to retrieve data from external systems like databases, CSV/Excel files or even use a Java class to generate the data. Once the data is available, it can be used to create charts and dashboards from the Perspective Editor.
  • The DRL Editor has been enhanced from a plain TextArea to using ACE Editor and a custom DRL syntax highlighter.
  • A new KIE Navigator view has been added to the Eclipse Tooling. This view can be used to manage KIE server installations and projects.