Improved cross-browser support
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
All rule forms are now harness-based and open in the work area of Designer Studio. This means that you can develop in the browser of your choice, free from pop-up distractions and incompatibility messages. Many rule forms have been upgraded to use the latest layouts, styles, and design best practices, giving you a consistent development experience.
Viewing a Word Template in Pega 7.1.7 compared with Pega 7.1.6
Previous restrictions still apply to any deprecated or custom rule forms in your application that remain form-based. Refer to the Deprecated features list for guidance on how to upgrade these forms and recommended alternatives.
Quickly see what's new in Pega 7.1.7
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
A new home page panel gives you centralized access to Help and the PDN, eliminating the need to leave Designer Studio. Use the buttons in this panel to learn about new features quickly and stay connected to product announcements.
What’s new panel as it appears on the Designer Studio home page
After you are finished reviewing new features and enhancements, you can dismiss the What’s new panel. This hides the panel from your operator in future sessions without impacting the home page for other application users.
Clear and actionable guardrails help you mitigate risk sooner
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
The Application Guardrails landing page has been restructured to give you an executive-level view into your application health. Use the available metrics and tools on each tab to understand the scope of warnings in your application, the operators responsible for introducing this risk, and ways to improve your compliance score before your development goes into production.
Include this landing page in your governance process to:
- Understand your application compliance score and how it has changed over time:
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A score of 90 or greater indicates your application is in good standing.
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A score of 80-89 indicates your application needs review for improvement.
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A score below 80 requires immediate action.
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- Investigate the factors contributing to your score, such as warning age or severity, and the rules and operators associated with each warning.
- Review a comprehensive list of warnings and the recommended path to resolve them.
- Communicate all of these details to project stakeholders through email or exported documents.
Available metrics on the Compliance Details tab of the Application Guardrails landing page
The Charts tab in this landing page has been superseded by the Compliance Details tab, which provides more options and an enhanced presentation.
For more information about the available features on all tabs in this landing page, see Application Guardrails landing page.
Password hashing using SHA-256/SHA-512
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
Password hashing using the SHA-256 and SHA-512 hash functions is available for use during the the Pega 7 authentication process with operator, ruleset, and update lock passwords. The SHA-256/SHA-512 hash functions join the previously available MD5 and SHA-1 hash functions.
Using SHA-256/SHA-512 hashing when creating or upgrading a password hash results in increased complexity of the hash, making it extremely difficult and time-consuming to determine hashed password values stored in a database.
Note that once you have updated your system to Pega 7.1.7 and have applied password hashing using the SHA-256/SHA-512 hash functions, reverting back to a previous version of Pega 7 is not advised as this causes hashed passwords using SHA-256/SHA-512 to fail.
See About password hashing for more information.