
Mission
Senior System Architect
20 Modules
19 Challenges
2 Missions
36 hrs 35 mins
The Senior System Architect mission continues the journey to increase your knowledge of application development on Pega Platform™. The modules in this mission focus on tasks that a senior system architect performs to develop a Pega application.
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Module
Creating a Pega Platform application
2 Topics
40 mins
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Developing new applications from the ground up can be an overwhelming task for any organization and developer. Every application should adhere to an...
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Module
Application versioning
3 Topics
30 mins
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Pega Platform™ provides the ability to preserve a version of an application. You can edit application functionality in a new version of the...
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Challenge
Creating a new application ruleset
3 Tasks
10 mins
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Your manager wants to preserve the initial starting version of the HRApps application before developers begin configuring application functionality...
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Challenge
Skimming a ruleset
4 Tasks
10 mins
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A new application ruleset (01-01-02) was created to accommodate the development cycle that begins today. During the development cycle, TGB plans to...
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Module
Application rulesets
3 Topics
35 mins
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Learn how to configure an application ruleset to package for distribution and learn about the impact the configuration has during development and run...
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Challenge
Configuring application rulesets
2 Tasks
20 mins
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The Human Resources (HR) department requests the ability to update rules that describe department and company policies in the HRApps application. Add...
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Module
Team application development
5 Topics
40 mins
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Use branches that enable parallel development work to take place within an isolated ruleset without impacting other development teams
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Challenge
Merging a development branch
3 Tasks
30 mins
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The Payroll Setup case type allows users to automatically deposit their paychecks into a checking or savings account. On the Provide bank information...
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Module
Circumstancing case processing
7 Topics
1 hr
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Create variations of a rule that can be executed in specific circumstances, to better tailor application behavior to variations identified by the...
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Challenge
Circumstancing rules on a single variable
3 Tasks
30 mins
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TGB sends an email to a candidate to extend an offer of employment. TGB company policy gives the candidate 72 hours to respond to the offer. However...
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Challenge
Circumstancing rules on multiple variables
4 Tasks
30 mins
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As a part of the onboarding process, TGB sends an email that provides the employment start date to each new employee and contractor. This email also...
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Module
Rule resolution
6 Topics
50 mins
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Learn about how rule resolution finds the best or most appropriate rule instance to apply in a situation.
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Challenge
Configuring rule resolution
3 Tasks
25 mins
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Human Resources (HR) business partners create benefits enrollment and employee evaluation cases on behalf of TGB employees. To ensure that each case...
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Mission
Case Management Intermediate
5 Modules
4 Challenges
5 hrs 55 mins
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Continue learning about case management using Pega Platform™.
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Mission
Data and Integration Intermediate
7 Modules
7 Challenges
6 hrs
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Continue learning about data and integration using Pega Platform™.
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Module
Designing reports with multiple sources
6 Topics
1 hr 5 mins
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You learn three techniques to create a report that references data from multiple classes: combining data in a report by creating subreports...
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Challenge
Creating reports that combine data from multiple classes
3 Tasks
30 mins
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The business partners in the Human Resources (HR) department request two reports.
The first report must track the progress of candidate cases...
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Module
Role-based access control
5 Topics
55 mins
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Learn how to authorize users to define roles and assign privileges to members of an access group.
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Challenge
Securing an application using role-based access control
3 Tasks
20 mins
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In the Employee Evaluation case, TGB provides an optional, case-wide action to update an employee’s goals. The Human Resources (HR) department...
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Module
Attribute-based access control
8 Topics
1 hr 25 mins
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Configure attribute-based access control to enforce security requirements for a specific case or data instance, based on case or session data.
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Challenge
Securing an application using attribute-based access control
5 Tasks
30 mins
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Each candidate case includes a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) to identify the candidate. This information is considered sensitive personal...
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Module
Organizing and managing access to case attachments
4 Topics
30 mins
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Cases may require that users upload documents required to process and resolve the case. To organize attachments, developers can create attachment...
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Challenge
Organizing and managing access to case attachments
5 Tasks
30 mins
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Applicants for an open position at TGB must submit a resume as part of the application process. To ensure the security of resumes attached to a...
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Module
Activities
3 Topics
40 mins
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Learn how to configure activities when appropriate to automate system tasks in Pega Platform™ applications.
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Module
Background processing
10 Topics
1 hr 5 mins
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Learn how the background processing capabilities in Pega Platform™ allow you to offload tasks to help improve throughput and efficiency. Students...
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Challenge
Queuing a task for background processing
2 Tasks
30 mins
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To reduce errors and complaints with payroll processing, the Human Resources department allows employees of TGB to enroll in direct deposit. When...
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Module
Automating actions when a property value changes
2 Topics
20 mins
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Automate actions whenever the value of a property changes to implement more sophisticated case automations.
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Challenge
Automating actions when a property value changes
3 Tasks
15 mins
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The Payroll Department at TGB reports that some employees enter an incorrect bank name when enrolling in direct deposit. The payroll department...
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Module
Reviewing log files
6 Topics
45 mins
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Pega Platform™ provides logs that record system events such as application errors and performance and security issues. Use log files to identify and...
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Challenge
Reviewing log files
3 Tasks
15 mins
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During the employee evaluation process, employees undergo an evaluation period to regularly assess their performance as new hires. To check the status...
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Module
Measuring system performance
5 Topics
1 hr 25 mins
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Pega Platform™ provides tools to evaluate application performance through performance statistics and events. Performance statistics help you...
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Module
Debugging system performance
4 Topics
1 hr 15 mins
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Diagnosing performance issues requires understanding the root cause of an issue. For example, a user might report that an application takes a minute...
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Challenge
Assessing application performance
3 Tasks
10 mins
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The Human Resources (HR) department has noticed that the open positions screen of the candidate case type has been loading the list of positions...
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Module
Promoting rule reuse with relevant records
4 Topics
30 mins
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Developers designate rules as relevant records to promote rule reuse by other developers. Leveraging relevant records helps developers build high...
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Challenge
Designating a relevant record
7 Tasks
30 mins
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The Human Resources (HR) department wants to allow HR business partners to update the start date for an employee while the onboarding case is open. If...
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Module
Application migration
5 Topics
40 mins
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An application is typically packaged and exported to move it to another system. For example, you package and export an application to migrate among...
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Challenge
Migrating an application
3 Tasks
30 mins
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Development of the HRApps application is complete. You are asked to migrate the application to a testing system. Quality assurance (QA testers)...
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Module
Pega Web Mashup
4 Topics
50 mins
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Pega Web Mashup enables you to embed a Pega Platform™ application in another web application. You can create a mashup to display information about a...
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Challenge
Creating a Pega Web Mashup
3 Tasks
15 mins
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ReserveIt is an online marketplace, owned by ABB Corp., that lets people rent out homes or apartments to guests. Customers can browse the listings to...
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Module
Mobile apps for Pega applications
3 Topics
25 mins
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Learn how to configure delivery options for a mobile app for a Pega Platform™ application.
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Challenge
Deploying a mobile app for Pega Platform
3 Tasks
30 mins
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The HR department wants to allow new employees to enroll in a health insurance plan on their first day of employment. To ensure that new employees can...