INC-164581 · Issue 634154
Import UI option updated to handle data import for upgrades
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
After upgrade from Pega 8.1 to 8.5, importing data into the datasets using the Actions->Import UI option was not working. This was due to the previous save operation used in import being deprecated, and has been resolved by instituting a new save operation in import to handle this scenario.
INC-166354 · Issue 637300
Queue Processors made more robust
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
After upgrade, multiple queue processors were not running as expected. Attempting to restart them generated an error. Investigation showed that the real time data flow runs were not picking up or accepting assignments because the local node was under the impression it was still processing data. In this case, the need to synchronize the state of multiple threads caused the queue processors to become stuck in an initializing state due to a race condition that caused the data flow engine to think this run still had threads running when all threads were already stopped. To resolve this, the callback handling has been simplified and made more robust. In addition, in some cases the data flow leader node would believe the service nodes did not accept assignments even when they did. This occurred if many runs and nodes were involved, and was traced to an implicit limit on the NativeSQL query used to read the data to see which assignments were accepted. To resolve this, the key-value store in the Service Registry has been modified to allow a query of more than 500 entries at once.
SR-69015 · Issue 619995
Unescaping characters implemented for expressions
Resolved in Pega Version 8.3.6, Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.4, Resolved in Pega Version 8.5.3, Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
An issue where expression builder statements were evaluated differently at runtime than at testing has been resolved. Pega Platform expressions with String literals(that is, sequences of characters enclosed in quotation marks) now unescape characters in strategy shapes such as Set Property or Filter.
INC-159836 · Issue 631206
Upgraded Apache UIMA Ruta libraries to resolve memory leak
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6.2
A memory leak issue that resulted in a reboot being needed every few days was traced to the class org.apache.uima.ruta.rule.RuleMatch. This has been resolved by upgrading the Apache UIMA Ruta libraries to v2.8.1.
SR-D26976 · Issue 507215
Filter added to ensure correct context for proposition strategy rules
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
Given two applications (ex App1 and App2) hosted on the same domain where App2 was built on App1, trying to create a strategy rule in App1 and do a test run strategy using the propositional data component which internally uses App2 propositions generated the error: Failed to find a 'RULE-DECISION-DECISIONPARAMETERS' with the name 'GROUP_2'. There were 1 rules with this name in the rulebase, but none matched this request." Investigation showed the strategy was using the PropositionNoCacheUtils and PropositionTools java classes to load the propositions during run time. In these classes, the group classes were browsed from the db irrespective of the application context, causing the strategy run to fail as it was not able to access the decision data rules in other applications which shared the same SR class as the current application. To resolve this, a filter has been added to the PropositionNoCacheUtils and PropositionTools java classes to filter out the groups that are not in the current application context.
SR-D31103 · Issue 502980
VBD insert process updated for better retry handling
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
When restarting Data Flow and VBD nodes, the VBD client can encounter some exceptions indicating components in the stack are temporarily unavailable. In most cases the VBD client retries, but there are some cases where it did not and data flow failures occurred. To resolve this, the code has been updated to remove logging of the VBD cluster status during a retry, and the retry duration has been made configurable.
SR-D37163 · Issue 505479
Corrected Decision Data import filter behavior
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
After upgrade, if a Decision data import referred another component to filter out the import, it did not work. This has been corrected.
SR-D38492 · Issue 505491
Batching now enabled when using IH Summary shape in substrategies
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
Batching was not being enabled when using IH Summary shape in substrategies. This was traced to the IH_SUMMARY_CACHE field not automatically being passed to sub-strategies, and has been corrected.
SR-D39956 · Issue 511639
Corrected method IF use with shortcut function
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
After upgrade, method IF was not working as expected when used in an expression like "@if(.totalorders_120days>0,(.remakeorders_120days/.totalorders_120days)<0.3,false)". This was caused by a missed use case for the combination of an exception-generating function in combination with a shortcut function (i.e. ternary, and, or), and has been resolved.
SR-D47713 · Issue 511972
Corrected issue with strategy framework testing
Resolved in Pega Version 8.1.7
Issues were seen in creating a dataflow to test the strategy framework shipped with the Pega Marketing product. It was not possible to use a data transform to test this strategy because it is in the shipped PegaMKTEngine ruleset. Investigation showed the value of appliedToClass was retrieved from "pyRunOnDataFlowClassName" instead of from the running strategy, and this has been resolved.