Tools,
accelerators, and wizards
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Use these links to learn about Process Commander tools, accelerators, and wizards.
Many wizards and accelerators create work objects. You can find open and resolved wizard and accelerator work objects at any time with the Developer portal menu option Open > Wizards in Progress > All Wizards. (Some wizards use only temporary work objects, which do not appear in this report.)
Name |
Purpose |
| Advanced Search tool | Search for rules, work objects or data instances. |
| Application Documentation wizard | Create application and project documents through a guided workflow. |
| Application Explorer | List and access the rules that belong to an application. |
| Application Inventory | Create an HTML document listing all rules in an application. |
| Application Preflight tool | Review warning conditions for all rules in the current application. |
| Application Profile wizard | Create an application profile through a guided workflow. |
| Application Skin wizard | Develop a skin rule to control the colors and images of the user portal. |
| Application Visualization | Graphically summarize all rules in an application by 6Rs or category, as heat maps. |
| Automated Testing | Add-on capability, supports regression testing. |
| Class Explorer | Explore instances of any concrete class. |
| Class Inheritance tool | Identify ancestor classes of a class. |
| Class Structure viewer | Display the inheritance relationships among classes. |
| Clipboard tool | Display or update contents of the clipboard |
| Component wizard | Creates a standalone component RuleSet that can hold rules to be shared or reused across multiple applications. |
| Data Table editor | Create, delete, and update instances of classes defined through the Data Table wizard. |
| Declarative Index wizard | Creates Declare Index rules and classes for embedded properties. |
| Declarative Network | Present and test Declare Expression calculations. |
| Define Properties wizard | Speed entry of multiple properties for one class. |
| Delete a Class wizard | Deletes a class and all rules that apply to the class. |
| Desktop API display | Documents standard JavaScript functions supporting portals and work object forms. |
| Eform Rules accelerator | Convert a PDF form to eform rules. |
| Embed Component wizard | Adds a component RuleSet to an application. |
| Enterprise Application accelerator | Create an enterprise application through a guided workflow. |
| Expression Builder | Find a function and supply parameters. |
| Image Catalog | Display images from selected binary file rules. |
| Infer rule debugger | Helps in testing parse infer rules. |
| Localization wizard | Helps in localizing an application |
| Log Files tool | View or download the Pega log or Alert log. |
| Logging Level Settings | Temporarily override settings for the Pega log. |
| Parse Date/Time tool | Test date conversions or time conversions in parse transform rules. |
| Performance Summary chart | Chart summary performance statistics from your session. |
| Performance tool | Display detailed performance statistics from your session. |
| Process Explorer | Identify starter flows and the subflows they call. |
| Profiler tool | Provide detailed CPU statistics for execution of activities, when condition rules, and model rules. |
| Project Explorer | Link application rules to tasks in an external project management system. |
| Refactor Rules tool | Copy rules with a specific Applies To key part into a different RuleSet. |
| Referencing rules display | Learn which other rules reference a specific rule, and which rules this rule references. |
| Regular Expression tool | Test parse transform rules (Rule-Parse-Transform rule type). |
| Rename a Class wizard | Rename a Rule-Obj-Class rule and all the rules that apply to the class. |
| Rule-from-File wizard | Harvest an external file (Excel, Visio, or text file) to create a flow rule or decision rule. |
| Rule Check-in approval process | Manage change to rules in a large development team. |
| Rules Inspector tool | Identify and link to property, harness, Declare Expression, and section rules that make up a work object form. |
| Rules by Type Explorer | Find rules or data objects by category and type. |
| Search/Replace a String wizard | Search all rules in a RuleSet containing a text string that matches a regular expression pattern, and replace the matched text with another string. |
| Shortcuts Manager | Label, update, arrange, or delete shortcuts, to speed testing of activities. |
| Style Discovery tool | Discover and experiment with the CSS styles that apply to work object forms. |
| Style Viewer | Preview the appearance of CSS styles for work object forms, reports, or portal layouts. |
| Tracer | Debug flows, activities, and other types of rules. |
| Toolbar | Operate on rules, data instances, and lists. |
| Used by App Explorer | Find rules that are referenced by an application but are not part of the application RuleSets. |
Name |
Purpose |
| eForm Rule wizard | Create eForm rules and Map eForm rules from a PDF form. |
| Connector and Metadata Accelerator | Create connectors, classes, external classes and properties from metadata, such as an XSD file, DTD file, or WSDL file. |
| Integration Viewer | Graphically present the rules and data instances of a service. |
| JavaBean Viewer | View the properties in a JavaBean. |
| Service accelerator | Create the rules and data instances to support a service. |
| Connector wizard 5.2 |
 Create the rules for a
connector. For new development, use the Connector and
Metadata Accelerator. |
For administrative and operations
tasks
Name |
Purpose |
| Access Role editor | Define security rules. |
| Application migration wizard | Convert V4.2-style access groups to V5.X access groups that use application rules. |
| Authentication accelerator | Simplify external user authentication through an external LDAP-compliant directory. |
| Column Populator utility | Populate values from the Storage Stream into a newly exposed database column. |
| Correspondence Output Server | Print or fax outgoing correspondence using the PegaDISTRIBUTION Manager helper application. |
| Data Table wizard | Define class and properties for simple data objects |
| Delete a Class tool | Delete all rules in a class and the class |
| Delete a RuleSet tool | Delete all rules in a RuleSet or RuleSet Version. |
| Direct Inheritance wizard | Replicate a class group and class structure |
| Email Accelerator | Define e-mail configuration. |
| Export Archive tool | Import RuleSets or entire products from a ZIP archive. |
| External Setup wizard | During installation, creates a starter kit of rules and data instances for an organization. |
| Form Builder | Create a custom rule form. |
| Import Archive tool | Migrate RuleSets or entire products as a ZIP archive. |
| Modify Database Schema | Review the tables and columns of the PegaRULES database, and identify or change properties exposed as a database column. |
| Organization Chart | Presents an interactive table showing the relationships of divisions and units within an organization. |
| Package Work wizard | Create a product rule that when run includes work objects. |
| Product Migration wizard | Automatically export and import a ZIP archive produced by a production rule. |
| Purge/Archive wizard | Define criteria and a schedule for purging resolved work objects from the system. |
| Refactor on Import wizard | Rename classes in a RuleSet archive or product archive as it is imported. |
| Rename a Class wizard | Rename a class, and adjust rules that apply to that class. |
| Revalidate and Save tool | Validate rules and data objects in bulk. This operation is similar to opening and saving each selected rule or data instance. |
| Rulebase Compare wizard | Rename classes in a RuleSet ZIP archive or product ZIP archive as the archive is imported. |
| RuleSet Maintenance wizard | Allows you to skim, merge, or copy RuleSets and versions. |
| Search/Replace a String | Search for and replace a string wherever it appears in rules. |
| Skim tool | Create a new major version of a RuleSet, copying a rule from the lower major version. |
| System Management application | Monitor the operation of the system. |
Primarily for managers or workers
Name |
Purpose |
| Image Viewer | View or modify a scanned image. |
| Locale Settings tool | Change locale. |
| Report wizard | Define custom reports. |
