Published Release Notes

New achievement badges

New achievement badges have been added to help you learn about and explore Pega Express.

The new badges are:

• Configure a new application view
• Configure a layout
• Add a chart to a report
• Set a profile picture
• Post to Pulse
• Manage team details
• Enable push notifications

For more information about badges, see Achievement badges.

Adjust case urgency in Case Designer

You can now provide an urgency when configuring the goal and deadline for a case type in Case Designer. By increasing the urgency of a case that has an expired service-level agreement, you can call attention to unresolved work in your application.

For more information, see Setting goals and deadlines for a case type.

Escalation actions removed from case-wide goals and deadlines

The option to define an escalation action for a case-wide goal and deadline has been removed from Case Designer because the standard actions, Notify assignee and Notify manager, apply to assignments, not cases. You can still define escalation actions for goals and deadlines that apply to an assignment.

For more information, see Defining an escalation action for an assignment.

Deprecation of override rulesets in run-time ruleset lists

Pega 7.2.1 is the last release where override rulesets can be incorporated in the run-time ruleset list. The ability to create override rulesets was originally deprecated in Pega 7.1. However, any override rulesets that were created in releases prior to Pega 7.1 in the application ruleset lists were still incorporated into the run-time ruleset lists at the appropriate location. In releases after Pega 7.2.1, override rulesets will be ignored and will not be incorporated in the run-time ruleset list. Therefore, it is recommended that you use production rulesets in access groups instead of override rulesets.

Support for advanced validation conditions for fields on a form

You can now create complex conditions to validate fields on a form to ensure that a step proceeds only when user input meets expected values. Use the AND and OR operators inside conditions so that the conditions can reference more than one field.

For more information, see Advanced validation conditions for fields on a form.

Support for advanced conditions on processes in a stage

You can now configure advanced conditions on a process in a stage to ensure that the process starts only when user input matches expected values. Use the AND and OR operators inside conditions so that the conditions can reference more than one field.

For more information, see Advanced conditions on processes in a stage.

MBean Javadocs download file

The Pega 7 Platform MBean Javadocs are no longer provided in the distribution image; however, you can download the MBeanJMXJavadoc.zip file that was previously provided in the distribution image.

You can also use JConsole, which is included with the Java Development Kit (JDK), to obtain MBean information. The JConsole MBean tab provides attributes, operations, notifications, and other information on all the MBeans that are registered with the MBean server.

Enhanced Expression Builder for certain rule types

For certain rule types, several enhancements to the Expression Builder help you to efficiently build expressions in a user-friendly environment. Enhancements include:

• The ability to use single-line or multi-line comments to explain the purpose of the expression.
• Formatting, such as tab characters and carriage returns, that is preserved the next time you open the Expression Builder after closing it.
• Real-time validation of expressions so that you receive immediate feedback about the syntax in your expression.
• The ability to test the input value of a property for a portion or all of the expression.

These enhancements apply to the Expression Builder for the following types of rules:

• Data Transform
• When
• Map Value
• Decision Tree
• Decision Table
• Strategy

For more information, see Expression Builder enhancements for certain rule types.

Pega Survey documentation refers to deprecated field

The documentation for Pega^® Survey refers to the Answer Layout field on the Complex Question form, but this field is no longer supported. For more information about the question layout formats that Pega Survey supports, see Pega Survey.