Cannot create new data tables after update
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
Data tables have been replaced by a new local data storage format. You can upgrade old-style data tables to use the new local data storage format, but the new format is not compatible with earlier versions of Pega 7 in which data tables could be created.
You can still edit legacy data tables by using the old data table functionality. However, to create new data tables, you must use the Data Explorer and Data Designer.
Updates no longer require redeploying the prweb.war file or the application server-specific EAR file
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
Updating from Pega 7.1.7 to later versions of Pega 7 no longer requires that you redeploy the prweb.war file or the application server-specific EAR file.
Note that upgrades from versions prior to Pega 7.1.7 still require that you redeploy these files.
The System Management Application is supported only on Microsoft Internet Explorer
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) is required for the System Management Application (SMA). No other browser is supported.
Service responses in HTTP and REST connectors are no longer modified
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
The Pega 7.1.8 release correctly leaves form service responses for HTTP and REST connectors unmodified. Upgrade to this release if you experience a problem in Pega 7.1.7 where service responses for HTTP and REST connectors are modified when the declared type in the Content-Type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded. In this case, the responses were modified to a base 64 representation of the bytes in the string. In Pega 7.1.8, responses of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded are mapped to the property designated on the Connector record.
Create and modify tenants only from the Tenant Management landing pages or SOAP operations
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
When creating or modifying tenants, do not use any of the following methods:
- Creating a new tenant definition from the Data-Admin-Tenant list
- Using the Save As feature to create a tenant from an existing tenant
- Creating a tenant from the rule form from the menu
Although these methods might appear to work, the resulting tenants have no associated metadata and are not valid. Always use landing pages or SOAP operations to create or modify tenants.
Work attachment indexing fails with IBM SDK Java 6
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.7
Indexing of work attachments fails when you use IBM SDK Java 6 with Pega 7.1.7 through Pega 7.2. The workaround is to switch to IBM SDK Java 7 or Oracle JDK Java 1.6. You can also disable attachment indexing from the Search landing page; however, if you do this, you are not be able to search the content of attachments.
Compare rule versions in a rule form
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.2
You can now compare different versions of rules from the menu when you work within a rule form instead of using the Rule Compare utility. You can inspect changes that were made between versions directly on the rule form, make updates, and save any changes to the rule form.
For more information, see Rule version comparison within a rule form.
Performance improvement to BLOB support in Postgres databases
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.2
New tables that contain BLOB columns now use external storage instead of expanded storage for Postgres databases. This improvement applies to tables that are created during installation, upgrade, or during DDL and schema generation. Using external storage improves database performance.
For more information, see BLOB storage in Postgres databases.
View all nodes in a cluster from the Cluster Management landing page
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.2
Use the Cluster Management page to view information for all of the available nodes in a cluster. To view the nodes, click . To access detailed information about a single node, click Actions.
For more information, see System Operations.
Automatically manage nodes in a System Management Application cluster
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.2
Instead of manually adding and deleting nodes in a cluster by using the System Management Application (SMA), you can now automatically manage nodes. You can enable Auto Node Discovery and configure it to get information about all the nodes in a cluster, add new nodes, and update the node list.
For more information, see Managing nodes automatically in a System Management Application cluster.