Published Release Notes

New Pulse gadgets for developers

Pulse for the Pega 7 Platform provides two new gadgets: pxContextFeed and pxActivityFeed.

The pxContextFeed gadget is a section that you can integrate with your application. Users can use this gadget to communicate with other users by creating and sharing posts within a given context. You can also customize the gadget or build your own Pulse interface by using a number of APIs.

The pxActivityFeed gadget aggregates all the activity feeds for the cases that a user follows without requiring that individual cases for posts be viewed.

For more information, see the help topic Pulse gadgets and custom APIs.

Support for delegating map values, correspondence rules, and circumstances

You can now delegate map values and correspondence rules from the Actions > Delegate menu. In addition, you can delegate circumstanced types of the following supported rules and data types:

• Map values
• Correspondence rules
• Paragraphs
• Decision tables
• Data types

New Pulse gadget for users

You can use Pulse to communicate and collaborate with other users. For example, in Pulse you can post messages, share files, select cases for which you want to receive emails, search for content, and view an activity feed in your dashboard that aggregates your Pulse posts.

For more information, see Pulse for social collaboration.

New types of steps in a process

You can add assignments, subprocesses, and preconfigured steps to a process in Case Designer. By using these new step types, you can quickly enhance your case life cycle and identify opportunities for reuse. This change also delivers a more consistent experience to users who are working in Case Designer and Process Modeler.

For more information, see Steps in the life cycle of a case.

Reusable components in a case life cycle

You can easily add an existing process or user action to the life cycle of a case type. By reusing functionality in your application, you can reduce the time that it takes to configure a case type.

For more information, see Steps in the life cycle of a case.

Process Outline view is unavailable

Process Outline view is no longer available as of this release. Use Case Designer instead to configure your processes. For advanced options, you can open the underlying flow for a process in Process Modeler.

For more information, see Designing a case type and Diagram tab on the Flow form.

Simplified creation of case types

You can create a case type in a single step, which enables you to process cases and use Case Designer immediately. Because some features are now extracted from the process of creating a case type, you can gradually add complexity at your own pace. For a guided experience of adding a data model or life cycle to your case type, follow the prompts in Case Designer.

For more information, see Adding a case type to your application.

Data modeling in context for case types

You can access the part of your data model that is relevant to your context. By using the Data model tab in Case Designer, you can quickly add, remove, or configure the fields that are used by an individual case type.

For more information, see Data models for case types.

Access views in one location

You can access the relevant views for your case type in one place. By using the Views tab in Case Designer, you can review and edit views that are used in your case life cycle. You can also configure standard views to quickly customize the fields that are displayed when a user creates, edits, or reviews a case.

For more information, see Views in a case type.

Offline support for mobile applications

You can work on assignments and create cases while your mobile device is offline. By enabling offline support for a case type, you can move cases closer to resolution while your application is disconnected from the network.

For more information, see Enabling offline for support for a case type.