Published Release Notes

Pega API available in Pega Express

The Pega^® API is now included on the Channels and Interfaces dashboard in Pega Express. You can configure Pega APIs to access Pega application functionality directly from Pega Express without switching to Designer Studio.

For more information about channel interfaces, see Channels and interfaces. For more information about the Pega API.

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.

Improvements in the process engine for offline-enabled applications

The offline process engine includes several improvements. To provide more options when you develop an offline-enabled application, a decision shape as the first shape in a flow and parameters for the CreateNewWork action are now supported. Offline-enabled applications now also display information about the last data synchronization.

For more information, see Flow processing in offline mode.

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.

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.

Touch response supported on mobile devices

When displayed on a mobile device, all active elements of the Pega^® Platform user interface now respond to touch by changing their appearance. No additional configuration is available or necessary.

Setting a build version of the custom mobile app

When you build a custom mobile app, you can now configure a build version and leave the custom mobile app version unchanged. This way you can upload an updated custom mobile app to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store without having to increment the app version.

For more information, see Setting the app build version.