Quality metrics now include charts with trends
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
The Application Quality landing page now contains charts that show changes in metrics over time. Landing pages for Test coverage and Unit testing also contain interactive charts with user-defined date range filters. The default date range of the charts is 2 weeks, but you can change it by using the Application: Quality Settings landing page. The historical data provided by the charts shows changes in application quality metrics over time, so that you can recognize trends and identify potential problems with application quality.
For more information, see Application Quality landing page.
New landing page allows you to customize the presentation of quality metrics
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
From the new Application: Quality Settings landing page, you can specify which built-in apps to include for testing. You can also modify the date range for graphs on the Application Quality, Application: Test coverage, and Application: Unit testing landing pages. Additionally, you can specify how many days the tests are considered current to be included on the Application Quality dashboard and in reports. By configuring how quality metrics are displayed, you can customize data presentation according to your needs, which can help improve the quality of your application.
For more information, see Application: Quality Settings landing page.
Fetch quality metrics for Pega unit tests by using the REST API
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
You can use the REST API to fetch quality metrics for the Pega unit tests of your application, such as unit test compliance, unit test execution results, test coverage, and guardrail compliance.
You can use the metrics returned by the service for gating purposes in a release pipeline.
For more information about the Pega API, see Pega API for Pega Platform.
Test coverage support for more rule types
Valid from Pega Version 8.3
Test coverage has been expanded to include the following rule types. Test coverage support for these rule types enables developers to more accurately measure the effectiveness of their tests.
- Collection
- Declare trigger
- Map value
- Navigation
- Report definition
- Scorecard
For more information about test coverage, see Test coverage.
Upgrade impact
The new rule types may impact the test coverage metrics for your applications. Due to the increased number of supported rules, the reported test coverage percentage will decrease.
What steps are required to update the application to be compatible with this change?
Run your coverage reports after upgrading to see the latest metrics.