You need to first create a rules composer DC to get started in the rules composer. Then you need a data model or business terms to write rules. Configuring a rules composer DC means adding the necessary business terms to the rules composer DC. You can use an XML schema or a java class or both as data models.

You can also create business terms or local computational variables in the form of definitions in the rules composer. This section describes the procedure to create a rules composer DC and the tasks you perform to configure a rules composer DC