Step 1: Application Settings

Fill out the following fields on this panel.

Application Name Enter a name for your new application. It must start with a letter and use only
letters, digits, ampersands, underscores, and dash characters. The name may contain spaces. This
text appears in the application rule form's Short Description label. Choose a name that is unique in
the entire PRPC system. If it exceeds 8 characters, the system truncates it to create a short name ,
which is displayed as a link. This name is used for the application record's Name key part, its classes,
and its RuleSets. To edit the name, click the link to open the Application Short Name dialog and
provide a name no longer than 14 characters. By default, the application version is 01-01-01.
As a best practice, keep the name as short as possible to prevent exceeding class name character
limits as you extend your application.
2. Description Optional. Enter a high-level description of this application. For example, the
description answers the questions "What purpose does this application provide to our organization?"
After your application has been created, you can view or modify the description in the Full
Description field value on the application rule's History tab, the Designer Studio Home page, or the
Application Overview landing page.
3. Built-on Application Choose an application upon which you want to build the application. Select
an item from the list, for example:
o PegaRULES Select to build a base PRPC application, which consists of the PRPC system's built-in
classes and rules necessary for processing cases and other work.
o PegaDM Select to build a base PRPC application with decisioning features.
o [Framework Name] Select the name of a framework application in your enterprise that contains
the rules and data objects you want to extend in your project. The Built-on Application dropdown list includes all of the frameworks available in your system. When you select a framework
that has more than one version available, the system selects the highest.
1.

The checkbox Do not show this application as a built-on choice in App Express on the
Application record's Documentation tab must be empty in order for an application to appear in
this list. When you create a framework in Application Express, the checkbox is empty by default.
4. Application Structure Select one of the following:
o Framework and Implementation to create both an implementation application and its
implementation class layer, and a framework application and its framework class layer. In general,
the best practice is to create both layers to allow for future growth and reuse.
o Framework only to create only a framework application and class layer.
o Implementation only to create only an implementation application and class layer.
5. Organization Default is name of the organization specified in your user ID. You can do one of the
following:
Keep the default.
Choose an organization (from an unlocked RuleSet version) in the auto-complete field.
Enter a new name to create an organization. It must be between four to six alphanumeric
characters, starting with a letter. If it exceeds four characters, the system truncates it and displays
the name. Click the name to edit it in the Organization Short Name dialog. A typical organization
name is its stock ticker. The organization name cannot be the same name as the Application Name.
Organization Short Name provides the name for the organization class layer name

and its RuleSets whereas the organization name provides the name for the organization rule. If you
are creating a new organization, you can modify the default class name in the Class Structure area
on the Advanced Configuration dialog. If you are logged onto the system as administrator@pega.com,
you must create an organization.
Click Configure advanced settings if you want to you to modify the settings created in Step 1. This
facility allows you to modify the default implementation and framework application names and class
names, create reusable division and organization unit class layers, or specify a project methodology. See
the Application Express Advanced Configuration help topic, which also describes how to import built-on
application assets when importing case types.
Click Next to advance to the next step. Click Cancel to discard your configuration and close the tool.