Enhanced Pega Infinity Mobile Client
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
With the new Pega Infinity Mobile Client™ you now can build online apps that launch quickly, provide instantaneous navigation, and immediately react to user input. Pega Infinity Mobile Client uses native components for faster navigation between the screens of your custom mobile app; every tab opens in a separate webview, which accelerates switching between the tabs. Pega Infinity Mobile Client protects your sensitive information through safe and convenient single sign-on authentication and additional locking mechanisms.
For more information, see Pega Mobility and mobile clients.
Offline support for optional processes
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
You can now offer greater flexibility to the users of an offline-enabled custom mobile app by enabling them to start and continue optional processes while their phone is offline. When you configure a Run script action on a button within a user form, users can choose optional work, and continue it regardless of their internet connection.
For more information, see Enabling offline support for an optional flow.
Pega Mobile Preview app
Valid from Pega Version 8.2
You can now use Pega Mobile Preview to access multiple mobile channels and preview your Pega Platform™ application, for example, to verify that it is displayed correctly and operates as intended. Pega Mobile Preview is a native application that runs on Android and iOS devices. Compared with Pega Mobile Express, it enables switching between mobile channels and supports enhanced layout configuration options.
You can download Pega Mobile Preview from the Apple App Store or from Google Play.
For more information, see Pega Mobile Express and Pega Mobile Preview.
Default filter settings for Pulse feed sources
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
Set default filters for Pulse messages, so that users see only relevant posts. Users can temporarily change these settings at run time to view messages from different feed sources, and restore the default settings by refreshing the page.
For more information, see Adding a feed source for the activity feed.
Swipe actions in repeating dynamic layouts in a mobile app
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
Lists that are based on repeating dynamic layouts now support swipe actions. The menu of available actions, such as Edit or Delete, does not obscure the view and is displayed only when a mobile app user swipes a row. Users benefit from easier navigation and they can do smaller tasks quickly, without leaving the main screen.
For more information, see Configuring swipe actions for a mobile app.
Improved creation of When rules with the condition builder
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
Define conditions for When rules by using the condition builder view. You can create new or select existing values, and then group conditions with ANDs, ORs, or advanced logic. The condition builder does not support functions; the method for defining the conditions to use functions is the same as in the previous versions of Pega Platform™.
For more information, see Defining conditions with a condition builder, Defining conditions for a When rule.
Indicate download size in offline-enabled mobile apps for iOS
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
When you publish a client-based mobile app in the Apple App Store that needs to download additional resources before it starts, the app must indicate the size of the download and obtain user consent. To comply with this requirement, you can now build offline-enabled mobile apps that prompt the user before they perform the initial data synchronization. If the user chooses not to download data, the application closes.
For more information about disclosing the data size and how the data size is calculated, see Defining advanced offline configuration for an access group.
Support for decision tables in offline-enabled applications
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
You can now use decision tables to reduce the implementation time of your offline-enabled applications. By using decision tables you can further automate case processing and derive the logic from the data model. Decision tables can be referenced in a flow rule as a type of decision shape or called from the declare expression rule. No additional configuration is required to use decision tables in offline-enabled applications.
For more information, see Decision table support in offline mode.
Case notification enhancements
Valid from Pega Version 8.4
Pega Platform™ now supports creating case notifications directly in Case Designer in App Studio and Dev Studio, so that you do not need to create a notification rule first and then provide the rule name in a case. You can speed up and simplify case creation by specifying recipients for each notification, without the need to create a data page for the recipients. Push notifications and email subjects can now also include properties, for example, a case ID or a goal and deadline.
For more information, see Sending event notifications from cases in Dev Studio, Sending event notifications from cases in App Studio.
Improved and simplified field-level auditing
Valid from Pega Version 8.4
To track the progress of your work and maintain the compliance of your cases, both App Studio and Dev Studio now support field-level auditing for case fields. Your application tracks and displays information about user updates to scalar fields, field groups, and field group lists, at any level of your case data model. For example, you can check previous and current field values, the last user to change the values, and the time of their modification.
For more information, see Track changes in cases with improved field-level auditing (8.4), Enabling field-level auditing in Dev Studio, Enabling field-level auditing in App Studio.