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PropertiesCreate a new property by selecting Property from the Data Model category.
Note these tips:
- For simple
Single Valueproperties, you can bypass the form using the Quick Create option described below. - Use New (
) rather than Save As (
) to create most properties, because after you save a new property, you cannot change the Mode or certain other values on the form. - To create several properties in a single class quickly, use the Define Properties wizard, available from the right-click menu on the Application Explorer.
A property has two key parts:
Field |
Description |
| Applies To |
For a property of mode The classes you can enter here may depend on the RuleSet you select. On the Restrictions tab of the Class form, a class rule may limit rules applying to that class to belong to one of an explicit list of RuleSets. |
| Property Name |
Enter a name that starts with a letter and includes only alphanumeric and dash characters, forming a Java identifier. See How to enter a Java identifier. Avoiding duplicate names
Notes on names
Except when overriding a standard rule in an upwards-compatible way, choose a name that does not start with px or py. Property names that start with these letters are reserved. In your application, however, use of standard properties with names starting with px and py is encouraged. Your application can set and test values in these properties. The pz prefix identifies standard properties that support PRPC internal operations. Do not directly alter these in your application. Don't choose a name that matches a reserved page name or keyword, such as |
Select the name of the class in which you are creating the property.
Property names may contain up to 64 characters. However, if this property is of mode For general information about the New form, see Completing the new rule dialog box. For general information on the Save As form, see How to enter rule keys using Save As.
Quick Create option
To create a Single Value property and accept default values for all fields except Type, select a Property Type and click Quick Create . You can later update the property to provide a Full Description, Edit Input conditions, and other features. (The Quick Create option is not available when the Project Management interface is enabled for the application.)
Field |
Description |
| Property Type |
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| Access When |
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Reporting
If you are creating a top-level Single Value property in a concrete class, you can choose to expose the property as a database column now, before the system contains any values for the property.
If you are uncertain, leave these blank; you can expose the property as a column, and populate the column with values later. (This feature is available only on systems with a production level of 1 or 2, requires specific database account capabilities, requires that you hold the SchemaPropertyOptimization privilege, and that the value of the Dynamic System Setting named database/AutoDBSchemaChanges be set to true. See Working with the PegaRULES database — Schema changes.)
Field |
Description |
| Optimize this Property for reporting on (class) |
Select the top checkbox to expose the property for the Applies To class only. |
| Optimize this Property for reporting on (class) and its descendent classes |
Select the second checkbox to expose the property for the Applies To class and all classes derived from this class. |
Rule resolution for properties
When searching for properties, the system:
- Filters candidate rules based on a requestor's RuleSet list of RuleSets and versions
- Searches through ancestor classes in the class hierarchy for candidates when no matching rule is found in the starting class
Time-qualified and circumstance-qualified rule resolution features are not available for properties.
About Properties