Service SOAP rules - Completing the Create, Save As, or Specialization form

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 can copy data instances but they do not support specialization because they are not versioned.

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

• Creating a rule
• Copying a rule or data instance
• Creating a specialized or circumstance rule
• Creating a rule or data instance
• Copying a rule or data instance
• Creating a specialized or circumstance rule

This information identifies the key parts and options that apply to the record type that you are creating.

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

A Service SOAP rule has three key parts:

The class and method name key parts are considered "external" and are unrelated to Pega Platform classes and methods, for flexibility. For example, a service that is already exported and deployed on a client computer may be changed to call a different Pega Platform activity. Because the external representation and the WSDL file hasn't changed, you do not need to redeploy and modify the application code on the client computer.