Email listeners no longer copy the email subject text to the email body
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.1
As of Pega® 7.2.1, email listeners no longer copy the email subject text to the email body when the body is empty. If your customer application expects text in the body of the email, the application might fail. You can configure email listeners to copy the subject text to the body by using the following Dynamic System Setting:
Owning Ruleset: Pega-IntSvcs
Purpose: email/copyBodyNoContent
Value: true
For more information, see Creating Dynamic System Settings.
Pega Survey documentation refers to deprecated field
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.1
The documentation for Pega® Survey refers to the Answer Layout field on the Complex Question form, but this field is no longer supported. For more information about the question layout formats that Pega Survey supports, see Pega Survey.
Gadget configuration by using IAC gateway console is no longer supported
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.1
The Internet Application Composer (IAC) gateway was deprecated in Pega Platform™ 7.2.1 and is no longer supported. The IAC was used to embed a Pega Platform application, such as a gadget, on the pages of a web application that was located on your intranet, extranet, or internet site.
Upgrade impact
After an upgrade to Pega Platform 8.5, the configuration of gadgets through the IAC gateway console is no longer supported.
What steps are required to update the application to be compatible with this change?
To make subsequent changes to your current web mashup, use Pega Web Mashup.
For more information, see Tutorial: Creating a mashup with Pega Web Mashup.
Support for building apps as Android App Bundles
Valid from Pega Version 8.6.1
As of August 2021, Google Play Store requires that you submit new apps in the Android App Bundle publishing format instead of the APK format. You can now build Pega mobile apps in the Android App Bundle format so that they comply with this new requirement.
For more information about generating installation packages for Pega mobile apps, see Generating installation packages. For more information about the Android App Bundle publishing format, see the Android for Developers documentation.
New dynamic setting to manage validation of hidden fields
Valid from Pega Version 8.6.4
Pega Platform™ version 8.6.4 introduces a new DSS setting for Theme Cosmos and other section-based applications. The validateHiddenField setting controls whether the application validates fields that you hide through visibility rules. By default, validateHiddenField is set to true, which means that the application fields are validated for completeness even if they are not displayed in the form. You can also switch off this functionality by changing the setting value to false.
For more information, see Managing field validation in hidden sections.