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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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Multi-step process, Case, and Attachment, and step types. |
The settings for the step are not available in Case Designer. |
Update the step settings in Designer Studio. |
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Approval step types that use cascading approval. |
The settings for the step are not available in Case Designer. |
Update the step settings in Designer Studio. |
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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 7 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 steps in a stage that rely on a when rule instead of an expression. |
The settings for the step 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 Form Builder. For example, adding a custom control to a section. |
The form is not available in Form Builder. |
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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Parallel steps in a stage. |
All steps are displayed in Case Designer as sequential. |
Create cases as usual in express mode. At run time, the steps are processed in parallel. |
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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. |