Application Express — Step 4: Data Types

Use this step to:

• Create data types when building an application on PegaRULES or PegaDM, or import data types when building on a framework.
• Preview the application class structure and records that will be generated.
• Create the application.

Create data types

On a framework

If you are building an application on a framework, choose the data types that you would like to use in the application. Application Express does not generate new data classes; it creates links between the new applications and selected data classes.

Optionally, expand the Additional Built-On Applications section to select data types inherited from any other built-on applications.

You can also reuse data types in your built-on applications by selecting the types from your new application's Data Explorer .

On PegaRULES or PegaDM

If you are building a base application on PegaRULES or PegaDM, complete the following fields in order to create new data classes and links between the classes and the new applications.

• Name — Enter a name that starts with a letter and includes only alphanumeric and dash characters. The name may contain spaces and cannot exceed 40 characters. After you generate the application, the name appears in the short description label on the Data Class form header. The system concatenates the name to create the property rule's Property name key part. See Properties — Completing the Create or Save As form for details.
• Description — Enter a brief description of this data type. The text populates the Description field on the Class rule form's History tab, and appears when importing data types in Application Express.
• Reuse Layer — Select the class layer the data type will belong to.

To add data types, click the Add Data Type button.

Preview your application

As a best practice, preview the records that Application Express will generate. Click Preview to open a Preview screen.

Create your application

When you have completed your configuration, click Create to generate your application (and if selected, a reusable framework). The system generates the necessary elements that seed the initial application.

When processing is complete, Designer Studio refreshes. The newly created application becomes the current application, and the Application Overview landing page appears on the Home page. If you created an application as [email protected] you must log off and log back on as one of the standard operators generated by the system to access the application.

Other actions

When you create an application, Application Express also:

• Copies the when record pyGeolocationTrackingIsEnabled to the lowest application layer generated (for example, at the framework layer if also generating an implementation layer). This enables geolocation tracking for every case type in the application.

• Adds the UI Kit ruleset (UI-Kit-7) to the Application Rulesets list on the application form's Definition tab (when building on a standard Pega application).
• Sets the generated framework and implementation rulesets to Application Validation.

Step 3

About Application Express