The following limitations apply when you develop enterprise applications in express mode. At design time, some features are disabled or have limited options when you configure them in Designer Studio and then switch to express mode. While the use of these features does not restrict the run-time behavior of your application, you cannot change the configuration of the feature unless you switch from express mode to Designer Studio.
Feature |
Behavior in express mode |
Recommended action |
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Complex flows, which contain an alternate path or at least one shape that is not an assignment, subprocess, or smart shape. |
The flow is displayed as a process without steps in Case Designer. |
Use Process Modeler in Designer Studio to update the shapes in the flow. |
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Smart shapes in a flow. |
The shapes are displayed in Case Designer as steps in a process but you cannot configure the steps. |
Use Case Designer or Process Modeler in Designer Studio to configure the smart shape. |
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Advanced goal or deadline options, including escalation actions, for a case type or stage. |
The goal and deadline settings are not available in Case Designer. |
Update the Service Level Agreement form in Designer Studio. |
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Skins that are not associated with one of the three standard themes in Pega Express. |
No theme is selected when users view the Theme tab in the Settings dialog box. |
Update the Skin form or change the skin identified on the Application form in Designer Studio. |
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Conditional processes in a stage that rely on a when rule instead of an expression. |
The settings for the condition are not available in Case Designer. |
Update the when rule or select a different when rule in Designer Studio. |
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Manual updates to a form that are outside of Case Designer. For example, adding a custom control to a section. |
The form is not available in Case Designer. |
Update the applicable Section form in Designer Studio. |
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Flow actions, other than the five standard user actions, that are assigned to a case type or stage. |
The flow actions are displayed as read-only values. |
Continue to add standard user actions or remove a flow action. |
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Concurrent updates to a case type in Designer Studio and express mode. |
A warning message is displayed to users indicating that the latest changes were not saved. |
Close and reopen the case type to continue working on it. |
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Delegated items. |
All delegated items are displayed in the Configuration tab, but you can edit only data types. |
Modify delegated items other than data types in the Configuration tab in Case Manager. |
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Specialized case types and child case types. |
Existing case types are displayed in the Case Type Explorer but you cannot create new specialized or child case types. |
Edit the life cycle and data model for existing case types in express mode, and switch to Designer Studio to create new specialized or child case types. |
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Instantiation options for child cases. |
The options for instantiating a child case type are not available in Case Designer. |
Configure the instantiation options in Designer Studio by using the Settings tab of Case Designer. |