Flexible inputs in strategies
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
Decision parameters allow business users to influence the decision through flexible inputs that do not require changing strategies. System architects use extension points to configure the data model and user interface supporting decision parameters. Decision parameters are used in strategies, and changes to the values of decision parameters become immediately available without requiring any changes to the strategy.
The rule pxRunDecisionParameters supports the use of decision parameters through activities.
Enable business users to own parts of an enterprise application
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
Decision Manager functionality allows business users to own parts of an enterprise application within the boundaries defined by IT. PegaDM includes the Pega-DecisionManager ruleset that supports this functionality.
System architects define the boundaries for business users in the Decision Manager portal using revision management and proposition authorization facilities in Designer Studio. Access control is provided through custom roles, which system architects can create based on granular privileges. The Decision Manager portal provides business users with a controlled environment for the workflow, and the activities necessary to address the objectives of a revision.
Predefined inputs when designing and testing strategies
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
External input settings allow for propagating results to other strategies, providing strategy designers with a mechanism to reuse strategies and test strategies with predefined inputs.
Design segmentation trees in strategies
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
You can include the traditional segmentation tree pattern in your strategies using the following features:
- Exclusion components to conditionally stop the propagation of decision results.
- Split components to branch the decision results according to the percentage of cases covered by the result.
- The Otherwise label for component connections where one of the outgoing connections has a defined label.
Simplified Adaptive Decision Manager Deployment
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
The Adaptive Decision Manager (ADM) server relies on automatic detection of the database dialect. This simplifies the number of deployable archives used to set up the ADM service.
Cumulative calculation in strategies
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
Iteration components provide strategies with a mechanism to perform cumulative calculations.
User interface distortions in the Decision Manager portal
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
By default, the New Application wizard in Pega 7.1.6 configures new applications to include UI-Kit-7 in the list of application rulesets. This ruleset causes user interface distortions in the Decision Manager portal. Both applications created in previous maintenance level updates and applications created in Pega 7.1.6 that do not include the UI-Kit-7 dependency are not impacted by this known issue.
Workaround:
- Open the application record.
- In Application Rulesets, remove UI-Kit-7.
- Save the application record.
User interface distortions in the Predictive Analytics Director portal
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.6
By default, the New Application wizard configures new applications to include UI-Kit-7 in the list of application rulesets. This ruleset causes user interface distortions in the Predictive Analytics Director portal. Applications created in maintenance level updates previous to Pega 7.1.6, and applications that do not include the UI-Kit-7 dependency, are not impacted by this known issue.
Workaround:
- Open the application record.
- In , remove UI-Kit-7.
- Save the application record.
Deploy revisions directly in target environments
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
As a revision manager, you can now directly deploy or migrate completed revisions to multiple Pega 7 Platform environments that were configured as targets by the system architect. The revision management process is faster because you do not need to package a revision as a JAR file, and then manually import that file to the Pega 7 Platform. Additionally, this solution gives business users more control over application rulesets and enables them to act more independently.
For more information, see Direct deployment of revisions.
Delegation experience in revision management
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
Revision managers can now control rule authoring by assigning a delegation experience to any rule that is part of a revision management change request. Delegation experience types offer different rule authoring capabilities, so the revision manager can select the appropriate delegation experience for the task and the strategy designer’s experience.