Figure 2.9 KnowledgeWorks Gspy Window
Select a rule, say,
Y-N-QUESTION
, in the Rule Browser and choose
Rule > GSpy
from the menu bar. This brings up a Spy Window for the rule. In it you will see the actions of the rule.
Now enter
(infer)
in the Listener to run the demo again. Execution will stop when this rule fires. A message in the listener will say that the rule
Y-N-QUESTION
has been called. Click on the
Creep
button at the bottom of the Listener to single step through the rule. Watch the highlight move through the Spy Window as you go. If you still have a Monitor Window for the
PLAY
rule it will be updated automatically as you go.
Click on Leap at the bottom of the listener and it will "leap" to the end of the rule. When you have finished, close the Spy Window (for example by Window > Close Window ) and press Leap in the Listener window to remove the break point and continue normally.
At any point when rule execution is suspended by this mechanism, the other KnowledgeWorks tools may be used, for example to examine the object base (with the Objects Browser) or see which rules have fired (with the forward chaining history). Spy Windows are available for backward chaining rules as well, and they work in exactly the same way (they are set by selecting the rule in the Rule Browser and choosing Rule > Gspy ).