The system data and rulesets for Pega Foundation for Communications are loaded during this task.

1. Log in to Pega Platform (https://<hostname>:<port>/prweb) by entering the administrator ID, for example, [email protected] and the password that you used during Pega Platform installation.
2. In the header of Dev Studio, click ConfigureApplicationDistributionImport.
3. Select the /Rules/PegaFoundationforCommunications.jar file from your distribution media, and then follow the wizard instructions.
4. For schema changes, depending on your site's requirements, select either Automatic or Manual, and then continue following the wizard instructions.
   If you select Manual, see Viewing and applying schema changes.
5. When the import is complete, click Done.
6. Apply the required hotfixes by using Hotfix Manager.
   For more information, see Pega Foundation for Communications hotfixes.
7. Optional: Verify the application rules.
   1. In the navigation pane of Dev Studio, click RecordsApplication DefinitionApplication.
   2. Find and open the CFF 8 application.
   3. Verify that the ruleset version that is set for all the rulesets in the application is 08-05.

• Installing the application
• Optional: Importing sample data