Installation Instructions

You will download the Rules Palette from the Rules Palette Web Application Utility. Your build manager will send the server name and port of the Web Application Utility, which you will plug into a URL. You will also receive several user IDs and passwords from the build manager so that you can create an environment connection and log-in to the application once it has been downloaded onto your computer.

When you open the Rules Palette for the first time, you need to create an environment connection. The servername and port are needed for this step as well. After you have downloaded the Rules Palette and configured the environment connections, you will be able to begin working in the application.

Prerequisites

Servername and port for the Rules Palette Web Application Utility. This will come from your build manager.
Rules Palette log-in user ID and password. This will come from your build manager.
Database user ID and password. This will come from your build manager.
IVS database user ID and password. This will come from your build manager.

Steps to Download the Rules Palette

In your browser, go to http://servername:portnumber/PaletteConfig/ replacing the servername and portnumber with the correct information from your build manager.
Click Download Palette Version.
Click Download next to the version of the Rules Palette that you want to download.
Click Open from the File Download window when it asks what you want to do with the file. It will take a few minutes for the file to download. Once the file has been downloaded, it should automatically open with the compression software that is available on your system. If you do not have compression software, contact your supervisor or build manager.
Extract the files using your compression software and save the files to your local computer in the following folder:

C:/Program files/Oracle/RulesPalette

Note: You may need to create a folder called Rules Palette within C:/Program Files/Oracle if one does not already exist.

Download the necessary .jar files. The type of database you are using will determine the .jar files you need to download. It is recommended that a temporary subdirectory be created to house the downloaded .zip files.

Oracle database: no .jar files to download.
SQL Server database: download the jtds.jar file.

Download jtds from the following site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtds/.
Click Download on the top menu bar.
Click the download link for jtds (release 1.2.2).
Select the jtds-1.2.2-dist.zip file. Save the download .zip file to the temporary directory created to store the .zip files.
Open the downloaded .zip file and extract the file jtds-1.2.2 from the root of the .zip file.
Rename the file jtds.jar.
Copy the jtds.jar file into the following folder:

C:\Program Files\Oracle\RulesPalette\asgraphicalruleside\modules\ext

DB2 database: The three necessary .jar files (db2jcc, db2jcc_license_cisuz, and db2jcc_license_cu) are included with the purchase of the DB2 software. These files are not available for download. Contact your IT department if you need assistance locating these files.

Launch the Rules Palette via the executable file asgraphicruleside.exe. This file will run the Rules Palette. To launch the application, double-click on the executable file. This executable file can be found in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Oracle\RulesPalette\bin

Create a shortcut on the Windows XP. You should create a shortcut on your desktop to the executable file so that it is easier to access the Rules Palette. To create a shortcut, right-click on the asgraphiculeside.exe file (C:/Program Files/Oracle/RulesPalette/bin) and select Create Shortcut. Once the short-cut appears, drag it out onto your desktop.

Note: Once you launch the Rules Palette, make sure to delete any old/existing environments.

You will need to create an environment connection before logging-in to the Rules Palette application. You will also need to reload security scripts.