INC-195387 · Issue 681673
HandleResponses updated for use with optimized campaign
Resolved in Pega Version 8.7
After updating from Pega 8.4, responses were not processed in the pxHandleResponses Data flow if the "pyCampaignOptimization" flag was set to true. This was traced to a missed use case for an optimized campaign, and has been resolved by modifying the condition in HandleResponses.
SR-A96852 · Issue 264159
Resolved OOM error when adding VDB DNode
Resolved in Pega Version 7.2.2
A memory leak was found relating to JBDC PreparedStatement objects (char arrays allocated to hold database query results) used when VBD loads its data partitions. This has been fixed with the addition of code to close the PreparedStatement objects created when loading Actuals partition data.
SR-A88481 · Issue 256518
VBS starts with DDS configured to use external Cassandra
Resolved in Pega Version 7.2.2
If DDS is configured with Internal Cassandra which is then switched to External, DDS reports to be in state NORMAL and VBD can start. However, when starting from scratch with DDS configured to use External Cassandra, DDS was failing validation and reporting to be in state CLIENT, so VBD was unable to start due to VBD's check that ensures at least one DDS is in the NORMAL state before starting. To address this, the validation code that checks the DDS state when VBD is starting has been removed and the system will instead rely on the DSM service layer to ensure that DDS is functional before VBD can start.
SR-A90821 · Issue 258447
Delayed Learning data flows use dynamic objects
Resolved in Pega Version 7.2.2
Data flows with delayed learning enabled were failing to run when initiated by a campaign. The root cause for this bug was the process where a data flow object was created only once and the same object was shared between multiple data flow runs in the node. The changes for this fix include making the DataFlow object non-static in the DelayedLearning.java class.
INC-197530 · Issue 686027
Value Finder updated for use with external Cassandra nodes
Resolved in Pega Version 8.7
Attempting to use the Value Finder feature resulted in the error "Running Simulation is not possible because the required services are not available. Contact your System Administrator to enable the data flow and decisioning data store services." Analysis traced this to a check which identifies whether there is more than one internal node available for CDH/ DSS node. Since there were only external nodes available in this scenario and no internal nodes, the method returned false and returned the error when the CDH / VF page was launched. To resolve this, the check has been modified to allow for external Cassandra.
INC-174933 · Issue 651829
Special characters escaped for use in "is in List" lookups
Resolved in Pega Version 8.7
After creating a specific criterion on any proposition using a string property, the "Is In List" operator, and a customer list with one value containing a "$", clicking save or check in resulted in the exception error "Problem invoking function: pega_decisionengine_propositionfilterfua.pzPropositionFilterMethodBody--(PublicAPI,ClipboardPage) java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal group reference at java.util.regex.Matcher.appendReplacement(Matcher.java:857) ". This has been resolved by escaping regular expression control characters in string replacement, which will allow the use of characters such as the $ sign for "is in List" lookups.
INC-176757 · Issue 657785
Interaction History properly saved when running strategy on a different data flow
Resolved in Pega Version 8.7
Customized Interaction History properties that had been added to pyInteractionHistoryConfiguration and pyDefaultWorkingSet and saved into the PR_DATA_IH_FACT table were not being saved properly after upgrading from 7.3 to 8.3. This was a missed use case and has been resolved.
INC-148006 · Issue 605583
Enhancements added for very heavy use of strategy decision logic
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.4
Recent updates were made to improve memory performance for scenarios where a single request primary page had tens of thousands of pages under an embedded pagelist property and the decision logic involved a strategy running on all the pages in that page list. To further improve performance, the array iterator has been modified and a DSS has been added that makes the threshold (50) in SSAExecutionContextIteratorFactory tunable.
INC-142084 · Issue 599877
Support added for expression in strategy scorecards
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.4
When invoking REST against a dataflow that had a strategy containing a scorecard that used an expression and the "Include model explanations option" was enabled in the Strategy configuration, the system failed with the error "PropertyValueInvalid .pxMaxScore Cannot cast the value (unknown) to double". This was traced to the Scorecard explanations failing during serialization when an expression was used, and has been corrected.
INC-191356 · Issue 679163
External Input setting available on Strategy Batch Performance Test
Resolved in Pega Version 8.7
It was not possible to specify the External Input as part of a strategy when using a Batch Performance test. This has been resolved by updating the pzDisplayTestStrategyContext When condition to "true" the so external input selector is properly displayed.