SR-D97673 · Issue 561504
Assignment opens correctly in tabbed AJAX container
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
When opening a case in review mode and then clicking the assignment link, the assignment opened in a new browser window instead of opening in the tabbed AJAX container. This was due to the AJAX container being stateless: directly opening the assignment with href replaced the entire document. To resolve this, the "pega.desktop.openassignmnet" API will be used.
INC-125900 · Issue 560788
ResolveFTCR flow Draft mode turned off
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
When using the FastTrack Change Request functionality of Revision Manager 8.3 the submission was going to Pending packaging instead of Resolved-Completed with the error "flow is in draft mode; it cannot be executed". This was due to pxResolveFTCR flow having been checked in with Draft mode turned on, and has been corrected by turning Draft mode off.
SR-D95353 · Issue 557043
Null check and enhanced logging added to Update Existing Application
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
While performing "Update Existing Application" step as part of post upgrade activities, errors were seen about hidden or circumstanced rules relating to "prprivate-exec.jar:?". Investigation indicated that rulesets were being iterated and compared, but it was not clear which ruleset might be causing the issue. The root cause was code that used an integer type in the comparison, leading to a null pointer error when it was null. To resolve this, a check has been added that will assign a value of 0 if the value is null in the comparison, and infoForced logging will be used to tell what caused the null.
INC-125641 · Issue 573386
Column Filter working with class join
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
When a class join was configured in the report definition and the report was edited to include new columns from the joined class, a "Filter condition invalid" error appeared in the tracer after adding a filter condition to a new column. This was only observed when the property added was a decimal property, and did not happen for a text property. The filter worked as expected after re-saving the property in the report definition in Designer Studio. This was traced to the data type being passed as "DECIMAL" for decimal fields, which did not match the logic used to set the filter value, and has been resolved.
SR-D85848 · Issue 551849
Improved accessibility for tab key navigation in tables
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
When using the tab key to navigate to the first cell in a table, the cell itself was taking focus instead of the link and the link did not open when 'enter' was hit. Instead, hitting tab a second time opened the link. By default, the standard was to have tabIndex set on the first cell of every row for accessibility so the link inside the cell gets the next level of focus. To resolve the navigation issue and avoid user confusion, while adding `tabIndex` to first cell of every row, the system will check for focusable content and avoid adding `tabIndex` to `td`.
SR-D87991 · Issue 558973
Support added for Ajax container refreshCaseSections
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
The Refresh/Visibility Condition in Dynamic Layout was not working in the Interaction portal, but did work in a Stand alone service case. This resulted in the summary area not being refreshed when a case was opened in a new tab, which is a new feature supported in Cosmos, leading to a post value used in the case processing area to not be present in the Summary panel on blur of the input field. This was due to the use of the new Ajax container, which did not yet have support for all the out-of-the-box actions such as Refresh-Section or Refresh-Condition. That support has now been added by way of the javascript API pega.u.d.refreshCaseSections.
INC-126483 · Issue 566179
Reports display current format for SUM or Average columns
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
After upgrade, the currency format showed as expected ($) for non-aggregated columns, but when a column was changed to be an aggregated column using "SUM" or "Average", the currency format was not shown. This was traced to the activity Embed-ReportHtmlProp.pzMergeAutoGenForProp, which determines whether to format the column or not, and this issue has been resolved by adding a check for AVG and SUM before processing.
INC-127723 · Issue 569493
Ad hoc reports saved successfully in private categories
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
After upgrade, an error was seen when attempting to save an ad hoc report in a private category. Saving in a public category worked as expected. This was traced to the Rule-Shortcut.Validate activity, which attempted to use the Rule-Shortcut's RuleSet to find the Rule-Category. To resolve the saving issue, the Rule-Shortcut.Validate activity has been updated to do an Obj-Open on the Category instead.
SR-D87203 · Issue 550996
Required field accessibility improved
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
In some instances, there is no non-visual indicator that a field is required. Because the asterisk character is commonly ignored by screen readers, the attribute or should be used so that non-sighted users have explicit information about the required status of the field. To enable this, when client-side validations are disabled on the harness and clientValidation attributes are absent, the system will run an additional check so that aria-required is added.
INC-120356 · Issue 560225
Class Loader cache values wrapped with WeakReference for improved cleanup
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.2
Out Of Memory exceptions due to Metaspace were observed on Web tier instances running with a max Metaspace size of 2GB. Investigation showed that in PRClassLoaderDB, mLoaderCache values were wrapped with a SoftReference. To resolve this, the Class Loader cache values will be wrapped with a WeakReference, allowing the cache to free memory when it is no longer needed. JVM options has also been added to switch types of References being used if there is a preference.