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.
Changes to Pega alerts that are related to Decision Data Store
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
The PEGA0085 alert informs users about insufficient disk space allocated for the Cassandra database. The PEGA0074 alert has been deprecated, and the PEGA0075 alert has been renamed and modified to include settings from the PEGA0074 alert.
For more information, see PEGA0074 alert, PEGA0075 alert, and PEGA0085 alert.
Use Kafka data sets in Pega Decision Strategy Manager
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
You can create Kafka data set rules to connect to an external Apache Kafka server cluster and use this data set in decision management for processing real-time streaming data. Integrating Kafka data sets into complex event processing (CEP) as part of Event Strategy rules provides a fault-tolerant and scalable solution for processing real-time data feeds.
For more information, see Kafka data sets in decision management.
Select multiple nodes for the Adaptive Decision Manager service
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
You can select multiple Pega Platform nodes and assign them to the Adaptive Decision Manager (ADM) service as worker nodes. Adaptive learning is no longer restricted to a single server, which provides resilience and scalability. You can add or remove nodes from the ADM service while the system processes customer responses.
For more information, see Changes to Adaptive Decision Manager.
Visual Business Director service renamed to Real Time Data Grid service
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
To avoid confusion in the Pega Marketing application, the Visual Business Director service has been renamed to Real Time Data Grid service.
For more information, see Real Time Data Grid service.
Tracing Cassandra queries in a Decision Data Store data set
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
You can now enable the Trace option for every operation in the Decision Data Store data set to collect information about how the Decision Data Store queries are executed in Cassandra. You can view this information in the clipboard and use it to troubleshoot and optimize performance of the Decision Data Store data sets and Decision Data Store nodes. All the queries and related events are collected on the DDSTraces page on the same Pega thread.
For more information, see Tracing Decision Data Store operations.