Ability to search case attachments in Pega Cloud Services
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
File repositories in Pega Cloud Services are now indexed. Indexing allows your application users to search case attachments from end user portals based on content and metadata.
Add and manage landing pages in App Studio application menus
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
When working in App Studio, you can now create landing pages that are not directly associated with a case flow to make your application more informative. The landing pages are a good place to display the resources that are related to a case, images as well as text. Configure them to provide an overview of the work, workers, teams, reports, or any information that is available.
For more information, see Creating a landing page.
Mobile apps now use custom-generated skeletons for page transitions
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
Mobile harnesses are now configured with custom-generated skeletons. Used during page transitions, skeletons render a temporary placeholder UI that closely matches the actual UI while data is being loaded from the data store. The use of skeletons enhances the user experience by providing a smooth transition while data is being loaded.
Skeleton transitions work with both dynamic and Ajax containers on the mobile client but work only with the Ajax container on tablets and desktops.
For more information, see Transition effects on actions.
Enabling access to upgraded help
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
After upgrading to Pega Platform ™ 8.1, the default URL to the upgraded help files might be incorrect. To enable access to the latest help files, reset the URL:
- In the header of Dev Studio, click .
- Enter the Online Help URL:
https://community.pega.com/sites/default/files/help_v81/
- Click .
- Log out and log back into Pega Platform.
For Microsoft SQL Server deployments, change settings to create data types in Integration Designer
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
For on-premises deployments that use Microsoft SQL Server, set the Pega-Reporting/reporting/useMergeHintForRRquery dynamic system setting to true. If you do not configure this setting, you might not be able to create a new data type in Integration Designer that uses Pega as the system of record. Configure the setting as follows:
- Owning ruleset: Pega-Reporting
- Setting purpose: reporting/useMergeHintForRRquery
- Value: true
For more information about configuring dynamic system settings, see Creating a dynamic system setting.
Translation support added to application guides
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
You can now localize the content in your application guides. By referencing paragraphs instead of rich text in your chapters and tasks, you can provide guidance to users in their native language.
For more information about application guides, see Creating a guide for end users.
Data entered in a new harness is lost after a sync operation
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
If you create a case in an offline-enabled application and enter data in a new harness, this data is lost after you click Offline capability and Enabling offline support for cases.
and the sync operation takes place. For more information, seeFetch quality metrics for Pega unit tests by using the REST API
Valid from Pega Version 8.1
You can use the REST API to fetch quality metrics for the Pega unit tests of your application, such as unit test compliance, unit test execution results, test coverage, and guardrail compliance.
You can use the metrics returned by the service for gating purposes in a release pipeline.
For more information about the Pega API, see Pega API for Pega Platform.