Translation support added to application guides
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
You can now localize the content in your application guides. By referencing paragraphs instead of rich text in your chapters and tasks, you can provide guidance to users in their native language.
For more information about application guides, see Creating a guide for end users.
Add subspaces within spaces
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
You can now create subspaces within spaces. By adding a subspace, you can collaborate on a subtopic that is related to the topic of the parent space. For example, you can create an Annual Day subspace within the Events space.
For more information, see Creating a subspace.
Improve clipboard performance for Service REST
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
Improve clipboard performance in Service REST processing by using the new Lightweight clipboard mode option. This mode does not support all clipboard features.
For a list of supported and unsupported features, see Service REST form - Completing the Service tab.
Support for large binary data item storage in Pega Client for Windows
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
Pega Client for Windows can now store and synchronize large binary data items and their corresponding actions from the action queue. As a result, offline-enabled application users can view, attach, and delete data files from within a case view, whether the Windows-based device is online or offline. To use this feature, enable offline case attachment support, which allows offline-enabled applications to synchronize case attachments between Pega Platform™ and the device.
For more information, see Attach content support in offline mode and Enabling offline case attachments support.
Visualize application layers for case processes and sections
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
In App Studio, you can now easily visualize the application layers for case processes and sections, including work areas and views. When you click the Discover gadget for a case process or section, you are shown a visual representation of the application layers. You can open a layer in Dev Studio to see the rulesets and other attributes of an application.
For more information, see Discover gadget.
Date range configuration added to DateTime control
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
The DateTime (calendar) control now includes an option to specify a custom date range. The users will be able to quickly select valid start and end days of a period by choosing dates in an interactive calendar in an overlay.
For more information, see Configuring the basic settings for a DateTime control - date range
Enhanced SLA settings in App Studio
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
You can now reuse existing service-level agreements for assignments and approvals in App Studio without switching to Dev Studio. For example, you can select an action that the system performs when a task goal or deadline is past due, such as reassigning the task to a different user.
For more information, see Setting goals and deadlines for task completion and Defining an escalation action for an incomplete task.
Facilitated application development with saving changes in branches in App Studio
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
For improved development of your application, you can now define branches in which you save changes that you make to your application in App Studio. Create features in branches so that you can review and merge them without affecting other features in the application. You can quickly identify and review any changes to rules because you know in which application layer they were saved.
For more information, see Setting branch preferences in Dev Studio, Setting branch preferences in App Studio.
Support for controlling simulations in Integration Designer
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
Integration Designer now supports toggling an existing simulation for a data source on and off, and supports creating a simulation when a data source does not have a simulation configured. By simulating a data source, you can continue developing an application when your integration is not available, and test an application independently from the integration.
For more information, see Managing data and integrations with the Integration Designer.
Anypicker control in a condition builder
Valid from Pega Version 8.4
The condition builder now uses the Anypicker control to categorize the entities, such as fields or when conditions, that your application compares at run time. As a result, you can create conditions in a simplified and accelerated way. You can also select fields that are up to four levels deep within field groups.
For more information, see Create conditions faster with an Anypicker control (8.4), Adding an Anypicker control, Defining conditions in the condition builder.