Access Privileges

A privilege is an application-specific access control element associated with a class and access role. Using privilege rules in an application is optional, but they can offer finer control over access than access roles alone.

An access group restricts access to functionality within your application. You can create multiple access groups for the same application to achieve different levels of access control.

An application is a business solution that automates work flows in your organization. Multiple, unrelated applications can be hosted in the same system. You create an application by running the New Application wizard.

The New Application wizard quickly creates an application that contains a class structure, business objectives, case types, and data types. You can create enterprise or express applications by using this wizard.

An express application is a small-scale application that is generated by the New Application wizard. An express application has access to a subset of the capabilities in the Pega 7 Platform. Express applications are ideal for new users or for quickly testing functionality.

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An enterprise application is a full-scale application that is generated by the New Application wizard. It provides all the capabilities in the Pega 7 Platform and can be developed in Designer Studio or express mode.

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application rule

An application rule defines a set of ruleset versions added as a unit to a user's ruleset list. An application rule is an instance of the Rule-Application rule type, which is part of the Application Definition category.

application ruleset

An application ruleset is a collection of rules that identify the components of an application. You must be a member of a specified access group to work with an application ruleset.

The set of application rulesets determines which rules are reflected in various tools in Designer Studio, such as the Application Explorer, the Profile Explorer, and the Guardrails tool.