Published Release Notes

REST API now fetches the latest version of Application Quality metrics

When you request Application Quality metrics by using the REST service, the service requests a refresh of the metrics. This means that you always get the latest version of the metrics and can decide whether your application is ready for deployment based on that information.

For more information, see Pega API.

Parameter page is automatically removed after each Pega unit test run

The parameter page is automatically removed after each Pega unit test run. The reliability of subsequent tests is increased because they are not influenced by leftover parameter values that were set by the previous test.

For more information, see Cleaning up your test environment.

Start and stop a coverage session by using the REST API

You can now start and stop application-level test coverage by using REST services. You can use the results of the coverage session for gating purposes in a release pipeline.

For more information, see Pega API.

Multi-answer questions available for surveys

Pega Platform™ now supports multi-answer questions for all types of surveys. You can use multi-answer questions to collect multiple answers from users. For example, you can ask users to list all the languages that they speak by selecting multiple check boxes.

For more information, see Designing a survey.

Enhanced Pulse performance and layout on mobile devices

Pulse performance is now faster on mobile devices. The user interface has been enhanced to enable better collaboration among users. The new Pulse mobile layout provides a better user experience for posting messages, adding attachments, bookmarking content, and so on.

For more information about Pulse, see:

• App Studio – Communicating with users by using Pulse
• Dev Studio – Communicating with users by using Pulse

More quality metrics on the Application Quality dashboard

On the Application Quality dashboard, for each case type you can now view quality metrics such as guardrail score, test coverage percentage, unit test pass rate, list of guardrail of warnings, uncovered rules, and failed Pega unit tests. These metrics are also available for rules that are used in the application but that are not a part of any case type. To access these metrics, on the Application Quality dashboard list of case types, click Find issues.

For more information, see Application Quality landing page.

Archival support added to cases in Pega Cloud

You can now create an archival policy to move inactive cases from Pega Cloud to secondary storage. By periodically purging entries from your database, you can improve application performance.

For more information, see Case archiving.

Case type landing page is created automatically

When you create a case type, a landing page is created automatically. You can add this page to the main menu, operator menu, and mobile tabs. You no longer need to create this page manually.

Define time conditions for pausing a process in App Studio

You can now pause a process in App Studio until a date or time is reached or a certain amount of time has passed. By defining the conditions that pause a process, you can create dependencies among cases in your application.

For more information, see Pausing a process in a case.

Customize the subject line for case emails

You can now customize the subject line for emails that are sent from cases when an assignment is routed to a worklist and when you configure the Send Email shape. You can reference field names in the subject line to make it more meaningful. By customizing the subject line, you can call attention to cases that require action.

For more information, see:

• App Studio – Enabling case notifications and Sending email from a case
• Dev Studio – Enabling case notifications and Sending email from a case