New Pulse gadgets for developers
Valid from Pega Version 7.2
Pulse for the Pega 7 Platform provides two new gadgets: pxContextFeed and pxActivityFeed.
The pxContextFeed gadget is a section that you can integrate with your application. Users can use this gadget to communicate with other users by creating and sharing posts within a given context. You can also customize the gadget or build your own Pulse interface by using a number of APIs.
The pxActivityFeed gadget aggregates all the activity feeds for the cases that a user follows without requiring that individual cases for posts be viewed.
For more information, see the help topic Pulse gadgets and custom APIs.
Label changes to field types in Case Designer
Valid from Pega Version 7.2
The following field types have been renamed in Case Designer to be consistent with Data Designer and other areas of the Pega 7 Platform.
| Label in previous versions | Label in Pega 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Text | Text (single line) |
| Text (multiple lines) | Text (paragraph) |
| Check box | Boolean |
| Date and time | Date & time |
| Date | Date only |
| Drop down | Picklist |
| Number (integer) | Integer |
| Number (decimal) | Decimal |
Users who upgrade from versions prior to Pega 7.2 do not have to take any action because the label changes are cosmetic and do not affect the underlying controls or property types that support form building.
For more information about the field types that you can use when building a form, see Storage and display of single-value fields.
Conversion of single-step assignments is no longer required
Valid from Pega Version 7.2
You no longer need to create a single-step assignment in a case type and then convert it to another supported step type. Instead, you can use the + Add step option in Case Designer to add any step type directly to a process in a stage. This change delivers a more consistent experience to users who are working in Case Designer and Process Modeler.
The following table lists the step labels in Case Designer that were updated to support this change.
Step label in previous versions | Step label in Pega 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Single-step assignment | Collect information |
| Approval | Approve/Reject |
| Attachment | Attach Content |
| Case | Create Cases |
For more information, see Adding a step to a process in a stage.