Improved case auditing in App Studio
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
In Cosmos UI, App Studio now supports expandable case steps. This enhancement helps users quickly navigate a case and provides deeper insight into the case flow. In addition, Cosmos UI also introduces an improved history view that helps you better meet your business auditing requirements.
For more information, see Managing Cosmos UI settings in case designer.
Upgrade impact
After an upgrade to Pega Platform 8.5 or later, the history and chevron designs change automatically. However, applications with custom history settings might still display the styling that you defined in the override.
What steps are required to update the application to be compatible with this change?
If your application uses custom settings and you want to use the updated history, remove the overrides from the pyWorkCommonActions rule.
Tamper-proof Pega Web Mashup loading
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
To protect your application from hackers, Pega Web Mashup is now loaded in a more secure way. The system generates a channel ID in the mashup code for validation on the server, before passing the mashup request.
For more information, see Creating a mashup.
Upgrade impact
After an upgrade to Pega Platform 8.5, existing mashups, which do not have the channel ID parameter in their code, cannot load and users see the access control warning.
What steps are required to update the application to be compatible with this change?
If you need to maintain full availability of the mashup during the upgrade of the production environment, perform the steps in Migrating existing mashups.
Close button on a pop-up application update removed from App Studio
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
When you open an existing application that you created in previous releases without support for the Pega Express methodology, App Studio now displays a pop-up window to support Microjourneys™ without a Close button, to improve the usability of App Studio.
Upgrade impact
The UI automation script might require a change if the script mentions clicking on the Close button.
What steps are required to update the application to be compatible with this change?
If you have a UI automation script that uses the Close button, update the UI automation script to delete reference to clicking on the Close button.
For more information, see Creating a Microjourney for customer success.