The requirement sets and requirements are implemented in the system as rules that must be associated with a specific application, ruleset, ruleset version, and class. At run time, these values are determined by the configuration loaded through D_ReqConfiguration.

Use the available extension point LoadConfiguration_Ext to set the correct values.

The definition of the attributes required for each specific document type is done in two different places.

Expiration or stale date

During the definition of a document type, either from the Requirements Portal or from the Dev Studio, users can specify the expiration and stale date of the document that must be collected. When these options are selected, the data capture stage automatically ensures that the system captures the data as per configuration.

Extended attributes

The developer must configure any other attributes required for a given document type by completing the following steps.

1. Create a new class under PegaReq-Data-DocLib to represent the document type. For example, if you need to create attributes for a Passport document type, create a class like PegaReq-Data-DocLib-DocPassport.
2. Define the attributes as properties under the new class or directly on the PegaReq-Data-DocLib class, which lets you later reuse properties across different document types.
3. Create under the new class a section with the DocumentAttributesView name. This section should contain the properties that you created and embedded in the data-capture stage for documents of this type.
4. Create under the new class a data transform with the SetDocAttributeRelevance name. Take the base version available at PegaReq-Data-DocLib as a reference.
5. Modify SetDocAttributeRelevance to add one entry per required attribute to the DocumentPage.DocRelevanceAttributeList list. For example, if you need to capture for your Passport the nationality and the passport number, create in this data transform two entries in the DocRelevanceAttributeList.
6. Run the SaveAttributestoDocument activity to register the configuration that is created in the document definition. Provide the following two parameters:
   • DocId - Document ID (for example, Passport)
   • DocumentClass - Document Class (for example, PegaReq-Data-DocLib-DocPassport)

After completing the changes, the new section appears in the data-capture stage for the documents of the selected type. The defined attributes are captured through that section and automatically stored along with the document. The information is stored in two different places:

Document metadata table

Attributes are stored for later use in the BLOB of the entry for the document in the document metadata table.

Attributes index

The attributes are also made available through a declare-index on the document metadata table. The index populates a database table that financial institutions can use to find documents using their attributes.

The activity opens the definition of the document identified by DocId and invoke SetDocAttributeRelevance to register the attributes.

While the persistence of attributes in the document metadata table is essential for the good behavior of the functionality, the attributes indexes are not currently in use. If your organization is not planning to implement any functionality based on this table, it can be disabled and, that way, reduce the overall database footprint. The following when rules can be used to disable the functionality.

If, on the contrary, you want to use the index of the attribute, but you also would like to make changes in the way the index is generated, you can make some adjustments.