External product model directory

The structure of the external product model directory must match that of the productmodel directory located in the modules/configuration/config/resources directory of your PolicyCenter installation directory. For example, the XML file containing lookups for the PACollisionCov coverage must be PACollisionCov-lookups.xml in the coveragepatterns subdirectory.

The external directory you specify must contain a complete copy of the product model resources directory. Before reloading, PolicyCenter performs validations on the product model definitions in the external directory. These validations are the same validations that PolicyCenter performs on the product model at startup. The server loads only availability information from the external directory. The rest of the product model definition is taken from the modules/configuration/config directory of your PolicyCenter installation directory. Therefore, you cannot, for example, add a new coverage pattern to the product model on a running server.