Pega 7 concepts and terms

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These topics introduce Pega 7 terminology and explain important concepts.

Basics

Flows
Class hierarchy
PRPC for Java developers
Understanding work item IDs
Understanding Date, Time of Day, and DateTime property types

Application development

Agents
Contrasting time-qualified rules, DateTime circumstances, and historical processing
Correspondence
Declarative processing
Decision rules
How stream processing of JSP tags works
How the system assembles and uses your RuleSet list
Introducing predictive analytics and DSM
Maximizing user productivity with GetNextWork
Page Names
Pega Mobility
Properties
System integration
Tagging
User interface
Using existing Java code — A comparison of design alternatives
Understanding accessible forms
Understanding email-based work processing
Validating user input
Work item attachments

System administration and operations

Understanding alerts
Working with the PegaRULES database
Understanding caching
Understanding full-text search
Clusters (multiple-node systems)
Deployment
System limits and maximums
How requestor pooling for services works
Understanding ActiveX controls
Understanding AppCentric operations and the AppCentric cache
Understanding passivation and timeouts
Understanding the Pega-AutoTest agent
Understanding the Pega-DecisionEngine agent
Understanding the Pega-EndUserUI agent
Understanding the Pega-ImportExport agent
Understanding the Pega-IntSvcs agent
Understanding the Pega-ProcessEngine agent
Understanding the Pega-ProCom agent
Understanding the Pega-RuleRefactoring agent
Understanding the Pega-RULES agent
Understanding the Pega-RulesEngine agent
Understanding the Pega-SecurityVA agent

Advanced development

How the system finds rules through rule resolution
Circumstances
Understanding the pzInsKey property (handle)
Understanding locking and transactions during flow executions
Activities, libraries, and functions
Understanding object locks
Data mapping in services and connectors
Internationalization and localization