Enable email notifications on agent failure
Valid from Pega Version 7.3.1
You can now get email notifications each time an agent fails with a PEGA0010 alert. By receiving notifications on agent failure, you can immediately take action to restart or fix the agent. You can enable email notifications on the Agent Management landing page.
For more information, see Enabling notification on agent failure and PEGA0010 alert: Agent processing disabled.
Download the system state information for a node and the cluster
Valid from Pega Version 7.3.1
On the Cluster Management landing page, you can now download a JSON file that contains information about the current system state for a single node or for the whole cluster. You can use this file to compare persisted system state information across time, which can be helpful in debugging system problems. You also can use a new REST API with third-party tools to download the system state file.
For more information, see Downloading the system state.
Select values gadget optimization enhancements
Valid from Pega Version 7.3.1
The Select values gadget includes several enhancements that help reduce performance issues when a data set is very large. Administrators and developers can now add and remove optimizations for fields directly in Designer Studio. Additionally, Select values gadgets were added to the proposition import shape and history shape in the Strategy rule form.
For more information about Select value gadgets and field optimization, see Optimizing properties in Select values gadget.
Use of PegaRULES_Extract_Marker.txt to delete cache is deprecated
Valid from Pega Version 7.3.1
The PegaRULES_Extract_Marker.txt file is deprecated. The system uses the presence or absence of the PegaRULES_Extract_Market.txt file to determine at startup whether to delete the static content, service export, and lookup list file system-based caches. In the rare situation that you need to delete these caches manually, use the System Management Application (SMA) ETier Static Content Management page. Using SMA does not require restarting the node.
New alert for distinct values query
Valid from Pega Version 7.3.1
The PEGA0093 alert identifies performance issues when a distinct values query from virtual reports or the getDistinctValuesForProperty API take longer than the threshold. For more information, see PEGA0093: Distinct values query took more than the threshold.