Properties
A property provides a name and characteristics for data in an object. Because a property definition is a rule, it shares the benefits of versioning, inheritance, and access control that the Pega Platform provides to all rules.
The following tabs are available on this form:
- General
- Advanced
- Completing the General tab
- Completing the General tab — Value modes
A property has one of eleven modes, arranged in three groups. The General and Behavior tab layouts vary according to the mode and the Table Type field selected. See:
- Completing the General tab — Choosing a property mode
- Completing the General tab — Value modes
- Completing the General tab — Java Object modes
- Completing the General tab — Tables
Your system includes hundreds of standard properties useful to your application. Review the relevant existing properties before creating new properties. Consult documentation and use the Pega Platform facilities to look for the ones you need.
Access
Use the Application Explorer to access the properties available to you.
Category
Properties are part of the Data Model category. A property rule is an instance of the Rule-Obj-Property rule type.
Database table
Properties are normally stored in the PegaRULES database as rows of the
pr4_rule_property
table.
- Properties - Completing the Create, Save As, or Specialization form
- Property form - Completing the General tab
The General tab for properties has three sections: Property Type, Data Access, and Display and Validation.
- Property form - Completing the General tab for Page modes
Property form: Completing the General tab — Page modes
- Property form: Completing the General tab - Value modes
Use this topic to Complete General tab fields that appear when you create a property of mode Single Value, Value List or Value Group. For information on choosing a property mode, see Completing the General tab.
- Property form - Completing the General tab for Java Object modes
Property form - Completing the General tab for Java Property and Java Object modes
- Property form: General tab — Configuring validation
- Property form - Completing the Advanced tab
Optional. Complete this tab to:
- More about Properties
Standard properties—meaning all the properties in the Pega-RULES, Pega-IntSvcs, Pega-WB, and Pega-ProCom RuleSets—have names that start with px, py, or pz.
- Implementing and using the TextEncrypted property type
Single Value, Value List, and Value Group properties can be encrypted by using the Password and TextEncrypted encryption types. Both types produce encrypted or hashed values for the property value within the PegaRULES database, and both types offer some degree of security within the user interface. Another encryption type, PropertyEncrypt, can be used for all properties when your implementation uses attribute-based access control.
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