Functions supported for optimization

Updated on July 5, 2022

To ensure that your strategy can be optimized for better performance, use strategy components that contain only functions supported for optimization.

The following table provides a list of functions supported for optimization by default:

Functions supported for optimization

Function Name	Library	Ruleset	Return Type	Parameter Type list
and	(Built-In)	---	boolean	{boolean}
If	(Built-In)	---	boolean	{boolean,then,otherwise}
or	(Built-In)	---	boolean	{boolean}
addDays	BusinessCalendar	Pega-RULES	String	{String, int, boolean, String, String}
addCalendar	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String}
addToDate	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String, String, String, String}
CompareDates	DateTime	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String, boolean}
CompareDates	DateTime	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
compareDatesByDays	DateTime	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String, int}
CompareDateTimeStamp	DateTime	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
CurrentDate	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String}
CurrentDateTime	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
date	DateTime	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{int, int, int}
DateTimeDifference	DateTime	Pega-RULES	double	{String, String, String}
DateTimeDuration	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String, String}
dateValue	DateTime	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{String}
day	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{double}
day	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
FormatDateTime	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String, String, String}
FormatElapsedTime	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{int}
getCurrentDateStamp	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
getCurrentTimeOfDayOnlyStamp	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
getCurrentTimeOfDayStamp	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
getCurrentTimeStamp	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
getCurrentTimeStampUnique	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
GetDate	DateTime	Pega-RULES	Date	{String}
getTimeStampAsDateStamp	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
hour	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{double}
hour	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
isWithinDaysOfNow	DateTime	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
millisecond	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
minute	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{double}
minute	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
month	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{double}
month	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
parseDateString	DateTime	Pega-RULES	long	{String}
parseDateTimeStamp	DateTime	Pega-RULES	Date	{String}
pxDateTimeisPastOrFuture	DateTime	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, boolean}
pxGetSpecifiedTimeOnDate	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String, int, int, int, String}
pxGetSystemNanoTime	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
pxIsDefaultDateTime	DateTime	Pega-RULES	boolean	{BigDecimal}
second	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{double}
second	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
time	DateTime	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{int, int, int}
TimeDifference	DateTime	Pega-RULES	String	{String, int, int, int, int}
timevalue	DateTime	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{String}
today	DateTime	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{---}
toGMT	DateTime	Pega-RULES	double	{double, String}
toGMT	DateTime	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, String}
toLOCAL	DateTime	Pega-RULES	double	{double, String}
toLOCAL	DateTime	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, String}
weekday	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{double}
weekday	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
year	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{double}
year	DateTime	Pega-RULES	int	{BigDecimal}
addToNow	Default	Pega-ProCom	String	{String, String, String, String}
Base64Decode	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
Base64Encode	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
convertYNtoInt	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
CreateUniqueID	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
Decode	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
DoesFileExist	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
Encode	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
GenerateID	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
getCheckBoxBoolean	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
GetRuleSetVersion	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
isIntGreaterThanZero	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
isInThePast	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
IsJavaReservedWord	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
isNumber	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
pxFetchClassType	Default	Pega-RulesEngine	boolean	{String, String}
pxFormatBytesToString	Default	Pega-IntegrationEngine	String	{int}
pxGetClassType	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
pxLogMessage	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
pyEscapeIntoJavaScript	Default	Pega-IntegrationEngine	String	{String}
pyFormatCMISErrorMessages	Default	Pega-IntegrationEngine	String	{String}
pyFormatQueryStringPart	Default	Pega-IntegrationEngine	String	{String}
pyFormatResourcePathPart	Default	Pega-IntegrationEngine	String	{String}
quote	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
quoteAndEscape	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
removeParens	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
removeSpecialChars	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
SendEmailText	Default	Pega-ProCom	String	{String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String}
SendEmailText	Default	Pega-ProCom	String	{String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String}
unquote	Default	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
ValidateIdentifier	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
ValidateIdentifierVB	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
ValidateJavaIdentifier	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
ValidateJavaIdentifier	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, boolean}
ValidateUnicodeIdentifier	Default	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, boolean}
abs	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal}
average	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
ceil	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal}
CompareToBoolean	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
compareTwoNumbers	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	boolean	{double, String, double}
compareTwoStrings	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String, String}
compareTwoValues	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	boolean	{double, String, double}
compareTwoValues	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String, String}
exp	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal}
floor	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal}
max	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	double	{double, double}
max	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
median	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
min	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	double	{double, double}
min	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
mode	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
round	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal}
sqr	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal}
sqrt	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal}
stdev	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
sum	ExpressionEvaluators	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
cumipmt	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double, double}
cumprinc	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double, double}
db	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double, double}
ddb	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double, double}
fv	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double}
ipmt	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double, double}
nper	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double}
pmt	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double}
ppmt	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double, double}
pv	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double}
rate	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double}
sln	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double}
syd	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double}
vdb	Financial	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double, double, double, double, double, boolean}
BoundInteger	Math	Pega-RULES	int	{int, int, int}
divide	Math	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{BigDecimal, BigDecimal}
equals	Math	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
Exp	Math	Pega-RULES	double	{double}
greaterThan	Math	Pega-RULES	boolean	{double, double}
greaterThanEqualTo	Math	Pega-RULES	boolean	{double, double}
lessThan	Math	Pega-RULES	boolean	{double, double}
lessThanEqualTo	Math	Pega-RULES	boolean	{double, double}
Log	Math	Pega-RULES	double	{String}
notEqual	Math	Pega-RULES	boolean	{double, double}
Sqrt	Math	Pega-RULES	double	{String}
Square	Math	Pega-RULES	double	{String}
pyescapeSpecialCharsAndQuote	NLPUtility	Pega-NLP	String	{String}
hashToProportion	Random	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{String}
normal	Random	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{---}
normal	Random	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double,double}
random	Random	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{---}
random	Random	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double,double}
sampleAdaptiveProportion	Random	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double}
compareStrings	Sort	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
compareWorkIDs	Sort	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
defaultCompareBooleans	Sort	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
defaultCompareDecimals	Sort	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
defaultCompareNumbers	Sort	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
defaultCompareStrings	Sort	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
pow	StrategyUtils	Pega-DecisionEngine	double	{double, double}
pzIsInSimulation	StrategyUtils	Pega-DecisionEngine	boolean	{---}
contains	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
endsWith	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
equals	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
equalsIgnoreCase	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
escapeAsHTML	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
escapeForXSL	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
escapeToIdentifier	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
indexOf	String	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
inString	String	Pega-RULES	int	{String, String}
isDouble	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
isInteger	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
isLiteral	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
isVersionLessThan	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
length	String	Pega-RULES	int	{String}
notEquals	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
notEqualsIgnoreCase	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
parseRuleSetName	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
parseRuleSetVersion	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
pxContainsSpecialCharacters	String	Pega-RulesEngine	boolean	{String}
pxContainsViaRegex	String	Pega-RulesEngine	boolean	{String, String, boolean}
pxIsBlank	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
pxIsInGRSFormat	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String}
pxIsInListOfValues	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
pxIsNotInListOfValues	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
pxRemoveJavaComments	String	Pega-RulesEngine	String	{String}
pxReplaceAllViaRegex	String	Pega-RulesEngine	String	{String, String, String}
pzContainsIgnoreCase	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
pzEndsWithIgnoreCase	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
pzStartsWithIgnoreCase	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
replaceAll	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String, String}
startsWith	String	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}
stripCharsOffEnd	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String}
stripNonAlphabeticChars	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
substring	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String, int, int}
substring	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String, int}
toDate	String	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{String}
toDecimal	String	Pega-RULES	BigDecimal	{String}
toInt	String	Pega-RULES	int	{String}
toJavaIdentifier	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
toJavaIdentifierNoReplacing	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
toLowerCase	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
toUpperCase	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
trim	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
TrimNumber	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
truncateLongText	String	Pega-RULES	String	{String, int}
ConnectWithHyphen	Utilities	Pega-AppDefinition	String	{String, String}
crossScriptingFilter	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
decodeURLParameter	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
encodeURL	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
encodeURLParameter	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
escapeSpecialCharsAndQuote	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
filterRichText	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
getCachedDataSystemSetting	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String}
getClassLocation	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
GetEmbeddedPropertyPageClass	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String}
getExtensionType	Utilities	Pega-AppDefinition	String	{String}
getJavaPropertyFromFile	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String}
getJavaSystemProperty	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
getJNDIEntry	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
getJSEncodedValue	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
getNextRuleSetVersion	Utilities	Pega-AppDefinition	String	{String, String}
getPMFDSSRuleSetName	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{---}
getWorkPrefix	Utilities	Pega-AppDefinition	String	{String}
lookup	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String, String, String, String}
lookup	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String, String, String, String, String, String}
pxConvertToDoubleQuote	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
pxEncodeXML	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{String}
pxGetBuildInfoString	Utilities	Pega-RULES	String	{boolean, boolean}
pxGetNewGUID	Utilities	Pega-RulesEngine	String	{---}
pxGetNextRuleSetVersion	Utilities	Pega-RulesEngine	String	{String, String}
pxGetParentPath	Utilities	Pega-AppDefinition	String	{String}
pxGetRandomName	Utilities	Pega-ProcessArchitect	String	{String, String}
samePassword	Utilities	Pega-RULES	boolean	{String, String}

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