Support for following users in the Pega Express and Case Manager portals
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
You can now follow users in both the Pega Express and Case Manager portals. Posts that are made by users whom you are following are displayed in your Pulse activity feed in your dashboard. In addition, an icon indicates whether followed users are online.
For more information, see the following help topics:
Use Kafka data sets in Pega Decision Strategy Manager
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
You can create Kafka data set rules to connect to an external Apache Kafka server cluster and use this data set in decision management for processing real-time streaming data. Integrating Kafka data sets into complex event processing (CEP) as part of Event Strategy rules provides a fault-tolerant and scalable solution for processing real-time data feeds.
For more information, see Kafka data sets in decision management.
Support for controlling binary file upload in Pega Mobile Client
Valid from Pega Version 7.4
The Client Store API of Pega® Mobile Client has been modified so that you can suspend and resume the process of uploading binary files to the server. You can also check the state of the file uploading process. As a result, custom mobile app users can process their work items without having to wait for the synchronization process to finish.
For more information, see Pega Mobile Client API methods for controlling binary data upload and Client Store API.
Extract data from Pega Cloud to an on-premises database
Valid from Pega Version 7.4
You can now use Pega® Business Intelligence Exchange (BIX) to extract data from Pega Cloud to an on-premises relational database management system. Extracting data from Pega Cloud directly to an on-premises database improves efficiency by eliminating the need for file extraction and the development of a file extraction infrastructure.
For more information, see Extracting data from Pega Cloud to an on-premises database.
New My Pega Cloud portal with enhanced functionality available
You can use the My Pega Cloud self-service portal to restart an environment, download log files, or view high-level details about an environment. For more information, see Managing Pega Cloud environments from My Support Portal.
To access this portal, you must have the appropriate site credentials. To manage your support contacts, see the Support Contact Administrator Guide for additional information.
IP address enhancement for the Pega Cloud Services SFTP Service
The Pega Cloud Services SFTP Service is now easier to whitelist in your firewall configurations. This enhancement assigns three static IP addresses to the service, which will not change for the life of the service and eliminates the need for you to whitelist a broad range of IP addresses for the service.
For more information, see Pega Cloud SFTP Service.
Pega Cloud Services provides new default database version
The default database for Pega Cloud Services is now PostgreSQL 9.6. New Pega Infinity™ subscriptions include this default version.
This change goes into effect in Q3 2018.
PEGA0055 alert detects clock drift in a multi-node clustered environment
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.8
Clocks in most of the hardware platforms run at different rates, and the PEGA0055 alert detects the clock drift on any of the nodes in a multi-node cluster. The alert is triggered when the clock drifts from the average time of the clocks in the cluster by an amount that exceeds the time threshold configured in the prconfig.xml file. You can use a network time protocol service or daemon to correct the clocks by referring to a standard external Internet time service, for example, nist.gov.
For more information, see PEGA0055 alert: Clock drift exceeded the configured time threshold.
Upgrades and updates from Pega 7.3 on MSSQL fail with column name mismatch
Valid from Pega Version 7.3
This failure applies only to upgrades and updates from Pega® Platform 7.3 on systems running Microsoft® SQL Server®. In Pega 7.3, the capitalization for the column name pc_work_agile.pzPvStream is incorrect. The correct capitalization is pzPVStream. To prevent upgrade and update failures, before you upgrade or update, run the following command from the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to rename the column:
EXEC sp_rename ‘data-schema-name.pc_work_agile.pzPvStream', 'pzPVStream', 'COLUMN'
End of support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and quirks mode applications in Pega 7.1.9
Valid from Pega Version 7.1.9
In accordance with Microsoft’s announcement to discontinue support for Internet Explorer 8 in January 2016, Pega 7.1.9 does not support Internet Explorer 8, nor does it support non-HTML5 standard user interfaces.
You must upgrade to Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or later or use Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Mozilla Firefox. If you are using Internet Explorer 9 or later, you must turn off compatibility mode by accessing the Compatibility View settings.
Note the following:
- Pega 7.1.9 does not support user interface rules that are not based on HTML5 standards (rules in quirks mode).
- If you use applications that are rendered in quirks mode, which enables Pega 7 to correctly display and render non-HTML5 standard user interfaces, you must update them to standards-based HTML5 user interfaces when you upgrade to Pega 7.1.9 or later. Pega 7 provides automated tools to help you migrate your applications.
- Pegasystems Global Customer Support will not investigate or fix any Pega 7.1.9 bugs or support requests that are exclusive to Internet Explorer 8 or quirks mode user interfaces.
You can quickly identify which components of your application user interface are not HTML5 standards-based by clicking .
Upgrading to Pega 7.1.9 and a newer browser offers the following benefits:
- These browsers are HTML5 and CSS3 compliant.
- New features are supported and existing features work as intended.
- The Pega 7 Platform user interface is displayed and rendered as intended.
- Browser security is enhanced.
If you have additional questions about browser support, see the Platform Support Guide or contact Pegasystems Global Customer Support.