Support for React-based components in Pega Infinity applications
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
React-based components can now conveniently be enabled in any existing Pega Infinity™ application without the need to migrate the application to the full React UI. By selecting a single option, you can enable and experience some of the most modern functionalities, such as intuitive and comfortable landing page authoring, or the more efficient React-based tables.
For more information, see Enabling Cosmos React UI for landing pages.
Pega Express application views simplify portal creation
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.1
Pega Express application views offer a simple, intuitive authoring experience for portals. Application view templates support responsive application development and offer mobile-specific templates. You can create portals by selecting from a predefined set of application view templates.
For more information, see Application views.
Robotic Desktop Automation (RDA) support for Pega 7 applications
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.2
You can use Robotic Desktop Automation (RDA) to integrate and unify processes that run on a user's desktop to streamline work and free your staff to focus on higher-value, customer-oriented tasks. You can use automations to retrieve information from applications that run on the desktop and send them to your Pega 7 application, and you can also use automations to send information from your application to applications that run on the desktop.
In an example Call Center application, you can use an automation to retrieve information from a legacy application running on a customer service representative's (CSR) desktop and display it in your application. You can also send information that users enter in your application (for example, an address change) to an automation to update the legacy application.
For more information, see:
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) support for Pega 7 applications
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.2
You can now use Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to automate repetitive and unattended back-office activities directly from your Pega 7 application. By using RPA with your application, you can batch process large volumes of cases faster and with fewer errors compared with manual case processing. You configure the automations in Pega Robotics Automation Studio.
For example, when an automobile insurance claim is submitted, an automation can analyze the submitted information, look up and verify policy holder information, and update web and desktop applications with case information.
For more information, see:
New PEGA0084 alert - Search node count
Valid from Pega Version 7.2.2
The PEGA0084 alert is generated when the number of available index host nodes does not meet the quorum ((replicas/2) + 1) required for index writes to succeed. This alert can occur when some of the index nodes go down, causing the number of available index host nodes to be less than the quorum. For more information, see PEGA0084 - Search node count.
Edit sections across Pega Express and Designer Studio
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
Sections created in Pega® Express can be edited in Designer Studio, saved, and then reopened in Pega Express. This allows developers to create more complex, feature-rich sections and make them accessible to Pega Express users. In the section rule, you can convert template-based sections to full sections that no longer use a template.
For more information, see Harness and Section forms - Adding a section.
Ability to connect to REST data sources in Pega Express
Valid from Pega Version 7.4
You can now connect to REST data sources in Pega® Express to see REST data in your application without leaving the end-user portal. Connecting to a REST data source is similar to testing an endpoint. You enter the endpoint URL, test the endpoint, and start using the data source. REST data sources in Pega Express are high performing because they use the new JSON data transform to directly map to the data page without requiring integration classes and properties.
For more information, see Adding a data type for remotely stored data by using REST.
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.
Additional resources in Pega Cloud Services sandbox offerings
Pega has increased the available resources in the Pega Cloud Services Sandbox offerings across our customers. These infrastructure and architecture enhancements are part of Pega Cloud Service’s commitment to safeguarding the availability and fault tolerance for your development, testing and staging environments.
Automatic redirection to HTTPS for Pega Cloud Services environments
Valid from Pega Version Pega Cloud
Pega Cloud Services now redirects HTTP to HTTPS automatically for applications that run in Pega Cloud Services environments. This automatic redirection ensures that your network traffic is always encrypted.