Published Release Notes

Customized application overview documents in App Studio

Keep stakeholders notified of the status of an application by customizing and generating an application overview document in App Studio. The overview may include information such as case types, roles, features in your application, and more. Select the chapters that you want to include in the overview, and then highlight the most relevant information by ordering the chapters. In addition to the application overview document, you can generate a detailed data model, either in Microsoft Word or Excel format.

For more information, see Creating project documents for stakeholders in App Studio, Exporting a data model into a document.

New send email automations and enhancements

You can now configure cases, flows, and activities to compose and send guardrail-compliant emails that conform to the MIME standard by using email automations. Use the new Call-Automation method to call an automation from an activity without writing Java.

You can also now categorize error messages in automations to quickly understand the type of error that occurred. In addition, page list data types are now supported for inputs and outputs in automations.

For more information, see Calling an automation from an activity and Viewing automations.

More efficient navigation between applications in App Studio

The new My Applications gadget helps you switch applications in App Studio more conveniently. You can also search applications by name instead of choosing an application from the list, and then select the access role that you want to use. In addition, you can see descriptions of your applications and create an application by going to the My Applications landing page. To use the My Applications gadget, ensure that you update the UI Kit to version 14.

For more information, see Adding the My Applications gadget, Switching between applications in App Studio.

Pinned classes in Application Explorer

The Application Explorer now includes a Pinned Classes section. This feature allows you to interact with a customized list of classes without having to explicitly switch context in the explorer.

Ability to deprecate a rule

You can deprecate any Rule- instance to indicate that it is no longer supported.

Users are warned when they open or reference a deprecated rule instance.

Ability to deprecate a class

You can deprecate any Rule- class to block users from creating new rule instances.

Users are warned when they open the class rule form or any instance of the class.

Designer Studio responds to deprecated rules

Deprecated classes and rule instances in Pega- rulesets are excluded from:

• Search results
• Application Explorer results
• Lists launched from the Records Explorer
• +Create menus

These restrictions do not apply to classes and rule instances deprecated in your application rulesets.

Retired Six R's

The Designer Studio > Application > Inventory > Six R's landing page has been retired.

Integration landing page updates

The following features and wizards now launch as landing pages in the Designer Studio:

Designer Studio > Integration > Tools > Wizard cleanup

Designer Studio > Integration > Email > Email Accounts

Designer Studio > Integration > Email > Email Listeners

Restructured Process & Rules landing pages

The Designer Studio > Process & Rules > Tools landing page menu has been restructured for better navigation and access:

• The Find Rules by Custom Field wizard now launches as a tab in Designer Studio.
• A new Find Rules menu item consolidates previous wizards. It launches a single landing page with different search criteria options: