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Service REST rules
Completing the Create, Save As, or Specialization form
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Records can be created in various ways. You can add a new record to your application or copy an existing one. You can specialize existing rules by creating a copy in a specific ruleset, against a different class or (in some cases) with a set of circumstance definitions. You may copy data instances but they do not support specialization as they are not versioned.

Based on your use case, the Create, Save As, or Specialization form is used to create the record. The number of fields and available options vary by record type. Start by familiarizing yourself with the generic layout of these forms and their common fields using the following Developer Help topics:

This help topic help topic identifies the key parts and options that are applicable to the record type you are creating.

NOTE: Before you begin creating a Service REST rule, create or identify a Service Package data instance; the name of the service package becomes the first key part of the Service REST rule.

Create a Service REST rule by selecting Service REST from the Integration-Services category.

Key parts:

A Service REST rule has three key parts:

Field

Description
Label Enter a short description for this record.

Identifier

Enter an arbitrary identifier that describes the function of the Pega 7 Platform activity called by this service. See How to enter a Java identifier.

Customer Package Name

Select the name of the Service Package data instance for this service rule. See About Service Package data instances. If your application is to process requests from this service asynchronously through a background agent, define a Service Request Processor data instance (Data-Admin-RequestProcessor-Service class) with this Customer Package Name value as key.
Customer Class Name

Enter a name that logically groups related service methods (service rules). This name is unrelated to Rule-Obj-Class instances; it must be a valid Java identifier. See How to enter a Java identifier.

Rule resolution

When searching for a Service REST rule, the system filters candidate rules based on a requestor's RuleSet list, which defines the RuleSets and versions the requestor can access.

Circumstance-qualified and time-qualified resolution features are not available for Service HTTP rules. The class hierarchy is not relevant to Service REST rule resolution.

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