Improved contracts for implementations
Valid from Pega Version 8.4
For more complete contracts, automations now support embedded pages, default values, and picklists. These enhancements provide a more robust model for inputs and outputs that is easier to update and maintain.
For more information, see Viewing automations.
Enhancements to automations for defining Pega API contracts
Valid from Pega Version 8.4
With enhanced automations, you can now pass embedded pages, specify default values for optional input parameters, and define a set of values for inputs by using the picklist or enumerated field types. The new enhancements make your applications easier to define and maintain, and you can now provide callers of Pega APIs with a clear description of the API.
For more information, see Viewing automations.
New branch quality dashboard
Valid from Pega Version 8.4
Pega Platform™ 8.4 introduces a new branch quality dashboard that shows the following metrics:
- The branch’s guardrail compliance score and the number of guardrail violations
- The percentage and number of unit tests that passed for the branch
- The percentage and number of rules that the tests cover
- Potential merge conflicts that can be addressed directly from the branch quality dashboard
For more information about the new branch quality dashboard, see Viewing branch quality and branch contents.
Creation of case documents in a case life cycle
Valid from Pega Version 8.4
To save time and further automate your business processes, Pega Platform™ now supports generating case documents as part of the case life cycle. You can ensure that the documents include all necessary information by first creating a document template in a word processor. When you create a template, you add dynamic tags that your application populates with relevant data unique to each case, for example, the case ID and current date. To make your documentation more meaningful, you can also include attachments.
For more information, see Generate case documents in a case life cycle (8.4), Generating case documents in Dev Studio, Generating case documents in App Studio.