Published Release Notes

Convert data instances into decision parameter rules

The Convert groups wizard is available in the Hierarchy landing page when the list of your propositions include decision data records.

Click Convert groups at the top of the landing page to use the wizard and to convert data instances into decision parameter rules. This conversion is necessary to make the existing proposition data instances available for revision management.

Update to the Data Flows rule

It is now possible to collect statistics for each active data flow. These include the number of processed records, records that caused errors and last processed records per shape, as well as historical throughput measured for the entire data flow.

There are two new patterns in the Data Flow rule:

• Event Strategy - define this pattern to use an event strategy in a data flow and to connect a data stream and static data sources to an event strategy.
• Filter - specify filter conditions and apply them to each element of the input flow 

Apart from this, the Merge pattern was updated to execute the flow when there is no data on the secondary branches and the Strategy pattern allows you to specify the class where you want to store your strategy results.

New Dynamic System Setting for proposition management

A new Dynamic System Setting affects the process of creating new groups on the Proposition Management landing page.

When the PropositionManagement/isOnlyVersionedProposition parameter is set to true, users can only create the versioned propositions.

When the PropositionManagement/isOnlyVersionedProposition parameter is set to false, the Create Group dialog allows users to create either the versioned or unversioned propositions (the Create versioned proposition data check box and the Decision data rule section are both displayed).

New form of the HBase rule

There is a new form of the HBase rule. While you cannot create any new instances of the Pega 7.1.7 HBase rule, legacy instances in your application remain functional. You can still use the Pega 7.1.7 instances of the HBase rule, but you cannot make changes to them.

New data sets

There are three new types of data sets:

• HDFS Data Set, which reads and saves data from external, distributed Apache Hadoop file systems.
• HBase Data Set, which supports HBase storage.
• Stream Data Set, which processes the continuous data stream of events.

Real-time processing of data flows

It is possible to run, manage, and monitor data flows that use stream as their data source. You can create a new run from the Real-time processing landing page.

Delegate rules and data types

You can delegate business-facing application assets, such as paragraphs, decision tables, and data types, to your business line by using a new delegation process. Delegated records are displayed in the new Configuration dashboard on the Case Manager portal.

Enhanced text-editing experience

The enhanced text editor simplifies your text-editing tasks inside Designer Studio. It includes support for:

• Color coding and syntax highlighting
• Tag and bracket matching
• Auto-indent
• Search

You can use the new editor to edit a variety of rules, including basic text files and utility functions.

New context menu in the ruleform header

A new context menu has been added to the Applies To class in the ruleform header. This menu provides the following links that are related to the current rule:

• Show in App Explorer – switches the Application Explorer to the Applies To class of the current rule.
• Open in class record – opens the Applies To class definition.
• View in data designer – opens the Data Designer for the Applies To class.
• View inheritance – opens the inheritance display for the Applies To class.

Merge multiple branches at the same time

Enhancements to the Merge Branches wizard provide support for the merging of multiple branches at the same time. Additionally, the Merge Branches wizard now uses the latest user interface design.