Published Release Notes

Expanded checks for Java injection vulnerabilities (8.4)

The Java injection vulnerability check feature has been enhanced in Pega Platform™ to further prevent Java injection, including Edit validate, Edit input, and JSP rules. Pega Platform reports errors at design time and run time, and does not run any rule that includes any of the following Java code:

• JavaCompiler
• new ProcessBuilder()
• org.dita.dost.invoker
• Runtime.getRuntime()

For more information, see Configuring the Java injection check.

Like and bookmark Pulse messages

You can now like messages that are posted to Pulse and view the number of likes for each message. You can also bookmark the messages that you want to view in your activity feed.

For information about Pulse enhancements, see:

• Pega Express 7.3.1 – Communicating with Pulse
• Pega Platform 7.3.1 – Pulse enhancements for social collaboration

Update access groups from the command line

Remotely update access groups by using the prpcServiceUtils tool. This feature is useful in automated deployment scenarios when you want to provide access to a new application version.

For more information, see Updating access groups from the command line.

Support for Cloud AutoML topic detection models

In Prediction Studio, you can now connect to topic detection models that you create in Cloud AutoML, Google's cloud-based machine learning service. You can then use the models to categorize and route messages from your customers.

For more information, see Broaden your selection of topic detection models by connecting to third-party services (8.5).

Transition effects for actions in custom mobile apps

Custom mobile apps that are developed on the Pega 7 Platform can include built-in transition effects that animate your forward or backward movement in cases that use flows. This feature adds to the look-and-feel experience of the custom mobile app.

You can also manually add a transition effect to actions that do not support built-in effects by using the Run Script action and calling the pega.desktop.setNativeTransition() JavaScript method.

For more information, see Transition effects on actions.

New Email Manager portal

From the Email Manager portal you can more easily and quickly triage received emails and create business cases in a Pega Platform™ application. You can use the Email Manager portal with an application that is used with Intelligent Virtual Assistant for Email. The Email Manager portal suggests business cases for you to create from emails and automatically sends replies to a customer.

For more information, see Email Manager portal.

Mobile apps display skeletons for the initial screen load

Android and iOS mobile apps now display a skeleton before the initial screen loads, which enhances user experience and provides faster response to user actions on complex mobile screens or over slow networks. Until the initial screen is ready to be displayed, Pega Platform™ displays an empty placeholder that imitates the actual user interface.

Skeletons for the initial screen in mobile apps do not require any additional configuration.

Remote device log retrieval

You can access device logs without end-user involvement by using the device log retrieval functionality. The Pega 7 Platform downloads logs from a specific user's device during data synchronization events. You can use these logs to troubleshoot and support offline-enabled custom mobile apps.

For more information, see Device logs.

Support for Apache Cassandra

The Pega^® Platform can now read data from and write data to an Apache Cassandra database. Apache Cassandra is a NoSQL database that you can use when a NoSQL database better meets your scalability and processing requirements.

For a list of supported and unsupported features, see Apache Cassandra support.

Real-time updates in Pulse

You can now view real-time updates of messages in Pulse. If a user posts a comment on a Pulse conversation while you are viewing the conversation, you receive a notification in real time, which you can click to refresh the conversation and see the comment.

For information about Pulse enhancements, see:

• Pega Express 7.3.1 – Communicating with Pulse
• Pega Platform 7.3.1 – Pulse enhancements for social collaboration