Validate rule support in offline-enabled applications
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
To enhance the user experience of your offline-enabled application, you can now use validate rules that are referenced by a flow action. You can also explicitly add other types of validate rules as offline-supported. The offline validation API provides two methods that you can use in your custom code to run from a Run script action or a custom JavaScript function. Several JavaScript utility functions, the equivalent of built-in Java functions for Pega® Platform, are now also available.
For more information, see Validate rule support in offline mode and Function rule support in offline mode.
Cases no longer locked when followed
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
Work party properties of the type follower are no longer associated with the cases that you follow. Cases are no longer locked when you follow them, so now all users can follow a case. If you upgrade to Pega 7.3, you can run a utility to upgrade the cases that you are following so that they are no longer locked when they are followed.
For more information, see Upgrading cases and followers.
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.
Improved diagnostics and logging for Decision Data Store nodes
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
On the Decision Data Store tab, you can view additional metrics from the Decision Data Store nodes that help with diagnosing Cassandra database problems. You can also set the logging level to control interactions from and to Decision Data Store nodes.
For more information, see Decision Data Service node status information and Configuring the Decision Data Store 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.
Security enhancements in offline-enabled applications
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
To enhance the security of an offline-enabled application, you can now set the time period during which a user of an offline-enabled application stays logged in before the lock screen is displayed. The password, lockout, audit, and operator disablement security policy settings are supported in offline-enabled applications. For example, if a user enters an incorrect password several times and is locked out of the account, you can specify in minutes for how long the user is prevented from logging back in.
For more information, see Setting maximum login time.
Microsoft Silverlight no longer supported in Mozilla Firefox 52
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
Beginning with Mozilla Firefox 52, Firefox no longer supports NPAPI-based browser plug-ins, including Microsoft Silverlight. Pega Platform features that use Silverlight, such as merging case data into a Microsoft Word template, no longer work.
For more information, see End of Support for Microsoft Silverlight in Mozilla Firefox 52.
New service for generating OAuth 2.0 client credentials
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
Pega® Platform now includes the oauthclients service package that provides a REST service for generating OAuth 2.0 client credentials. By using the client registration service, you can dynamically register OAuth 2.0 clients. The new service is secured by an existing OAuth service. Access tokens that are issued by the existing OAuth service are accepted as initial access tokens by the new service.
For more information, see OAuth 2.0 Client Registration data instances.
Create pre-import and post-import steps
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
To take specific actions based on archive metadata, add pre-import and post-import action steps to collections. For example, you can configure a pre-import activity to automatically verify that an archive meets certain criteria before you import the archive. If the archive does not meet the criteria, Pega® Platform does not import the archive.
For more information, see Pre-import and post-import collections.
Enhanced security of Robotic Desktop Automation requests
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
Security enhancements have been introduced in the communication (data synchronization or pulling data) between your application that uses robotic desktop automation functionality and Pega® Platform. These applications (web, desktop, and legacy) communicate with Pega Platform through connectors. No additional configuration is necessary.
For more information, see Robotic automation.