Published Release Notes

Ability to connect to REST data sources in Pega Express

You can now connect to REST data sources in Pega^® Express to see REST data in your application without leaving the end-user portal. Connecting to a REST data source is similar to testing an endpoint. You enter the endpoint URL, test the endpoint, and start using the data source. REST data sources in Pega Express are high performing because they use the new JSON data transform to directly map to the data page without requiring integration classes and properties.

For more information, see Adding a data type for remotely stored data by using REST.

View attachments inline

You can now view thumbnails of PDF file and image attachments and icons of video attachments in Pulse, cases, and other areas of the application that allow you to attach files. Thumbnails provide a preview of your attachments inline. You can also play video attachments and expand the thumbnails of PDF file and image attachments to view them in readable formats.

For more information, see Inline preview of attachments.

Enhancements to PegaUnit testing

PegaUnit test cases and test suites have been enhanced to provide ways to identify and respond to slow run times.

You can take the following actions:

• To temporarily stop non-critical test cases from running when they are failing, you can set a test case as "Disabled."
• To identify slow PegaUnit test cases, you can make a test case fail if its run time takes longer than expected.
• To keep track of test suite run times, you can set an expected run time.
• To identify slow PegaUnit test suites, you can make a test suite fail if its run time takes longer than expected.

For more information about PegaUnit testing, see PegaUnit testing.

Compact style sheet for creating PDF files

You can now use a compact style sheet when you create PDF files by using the Create PDF smart shape in a case type or when you use the HTMLtoPDF activity. This style sheet overrides the style sheet that is used by the harness skin and correctly renders certain elements such as headings and inline grid tables. It also renders PDF files more quickly.

For more information, see Creating PDF files by using a compact style sheet and PDF file rendering scenarios.

Email configuration and management available in Pega Express

You can now configure and manage email accounts directly in Pega^® Express. You no longer have to switch from Pega Express to Designer Studio to perform email account-related tasks.

For more information, see Creating an email account.

Enhancements to the Email conversational user channel

In the Pega^® Intelligent Virtual Assistant for Email, to help with entity extraction from an email message, you can now highlight any mapped entities in the content of an email message during email triage of an interaction case. Pagination is now available for lists of suggested cases and suggested replies during configuration of the Email channel interface.

For more information, see Email triage in an interaction case.

Improve application quality by using test coverage metrics

You can now generate a test coverage report for your application. By using report metrics that show the number of rules covered and not covered by tests, developers can identify which areas of the application need more test coverage.

For more information, see Rules Coverage landing page.

Activity feed displays application messages

The activity feed for Pulse now displays messages within the context of the application of the logged-in user. If a user posts messages within the context of the application, all the users of the application can view the messages in their activity feed. Users can select the filter for application messages to view only these messages. For example, application messages can be used for release announcements.

For more information, see:

• Pega^® Express 7.4 – Communicating with Pulse
• Pega Platform 7.4 – Pulse enhancements for social collaboration

Support for NLP model training in the Facebook and WebChat user channels

You can now train and enhance the natural language processing (NLP) model in a Facebook or WebChat user channel to support machine learning. You can review user statements and questions, edit the text, and map content to specific text analyzer categories.

For more information, see NLP model for a Facebook channel and NLP model for a WebChat channel.

Case and Pulse notification email subjects no longer contain IDs

The subjects of notification emails for cases no longer contain case IDs, and for Pulse, they no longer contain Pulse message IDs. The system now interacts with email clients by using the information that is stored in the email headers. As a result, comments are posted on a conversation even if users edit the subjects when they reply to these emails. Because the system also sends the replies as emails to the relevant users in the conversation, editing the subjects allows users to give appropriate descriptions of the emails to the relevant users.

For more information about email notifications, see:

• Pega^® Express 7.4 – Communicating with Pulse
• Pega Platform 7.4 – Communicating with Pulse