Chapter 5. Running the Business Optimizer examples

Red Hat Business Optimizer includes a number of examples to demonstrate a variety of use cases.

Prerequisite

Download and install Red Hat Decision Manager from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Procedure

Download the rhdm-7.0.0.GA-add-ons.zip file from the Red Hat Decision Manager section of the Red Hat Customer Portal.
Extract the Red Hat Business Optimizer engine from the rhdm-7.0.0.GA-planner-engine.zip file.
In the rhdm-7.0.0.GA-planner-engine folder, open the examples directory and use the appropriate script to run the examples:
Linux or Mac:
```
$ cd examples
$ ./runExamples.sh
```
Windows:
```
$ cd examples
$ runExamples.bat
```

Select and run an example from the GUI application window:

Note

Red Hat Business Optimizer itself has no GUI dependencies. It runs just as well on a server or a mobile JVM as it does on the desktop.

5.1. Running the Red Hat Business Optimizer examples in an IDE (IntelliJ, Eclipse, or Netbeans)
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Use the following procedure to run the Red Hat Business Optimizer examples in IntelliJ or Netbeans:

Procedure

Open the file examples/sources/pom.xml as a new project.
The Maven integration will take care of the rest of the installation.

Use the following procedure to run the Red Hat Business Optimizer examples in Eclipse:

Procedure

Open a new project for the directory examples/sources.
Add all the JARs to the classpath from the directory binaries and the directory examples/binaries , except for the file examples/binaries/optaplanner-examples-*.jar.
Add the Java source directory src/main/java and the Java resources directory src/main/resources.
Create a run configuration:
- Main class: org.optaplanner.examples.app.OptaPlannerExamplesApp
- VM parameters (optional): -Xmx512M -server
- Working directory: examples/sources
Run the run configuration.