PEGA PRPC INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1.     Define Service and Connecter?
Service: Pega PRPC acts as server and external system acts as client.
Service SOAP Connect:  Pega PRPC acts as client and external system acts as server.
Connect: SOAP, Connect SQl

2.     Which type of Service or Connecter used in your project?
Service-SOAP, Connect-SOAP, Connect-SQL…

3.     How to call one activity from other Activity
Call/branch

4.     How to run 2 activities in parallel?
We will have run in parallel option to run Connect-SOAP  activity..

5.     Diff b/w Decision tree, Table, Map-Value?
Tree Complex if else structure..
Table- if else in tabular format.. less complex..
Map-Value  based of single property..

6.     Class group, work pool, workbasket, work group?

7.     Different type of connecter in a flow?
Status,else,always

8.     Flow, flow action, local action difference?
Flow—defines process…
Local action—updates the work item..never advances the flow..
Connector—advances the flow..

9.     What are SLA type’s types?
Workobject level – give sla name at pySLAName property of data transform,…
Assignment level..Give a Assignement shape

10.  How you configure SLA in assignment?
At assignment shape in flow

11.  What are Work parties?
Interested to know about the work but do not directly resolve WO…  ex Com,gov,operator,org,Person

12.  What are different methods used in activities?
Page-New, Page-Remove,  Obj-open,Obj-List, Obj-Save, RDB-Save,RDB-List,RDB-Delete etc..

13.  Activity types
Activity, utility, LoadDeclarativePage,  Trigger,Validate,Assembly etc..,

14.  How to create work object through an activity and which method to use to create work object Call Work-.new

15.  Case Management

16.  Different type of flow
ScreenFlow, SubFlow  starter flow..

17.  Different types of container in section

18.  Types of Harness
New, Confirm, Perform Review Reopen

19.  Agent types
Standard,Advanced,Legacy

20.  How you trace an agent
Using SMA
Agent Mgnt  select the required agent-> delay the agent-> Find the requestor id..
Requestor Mgt -> trace the agent by selecting requestor id..

21.  Data Queue agents
Created by PRPC system.. for Rule-Agent-Queue

22.  Obj-open ,Obj-Browse
Obj-open to open single instance..
Browse is to form the list of embedded pages… for the given criteria..

23.  Diff b/w Obj type methods and RDB type methods
Obj-used for both internal and external DBs
RDB used for only External databases..
RDB methods working with Pega internal DBs causes Loss of data.

24.  Different types of properties
11 modes
Single aggregate..

25.  Diff b/w single property , aggregate property
Single-Property simple integer, text, decimal, date, etc..,
Aggregate — List, group properties

26.  Define report and types
Reporting— detailed display of records from DB..

27.  Diff  b/w list view ,Summary View and Report Definition
List view—  Detailed record by record display
Summary View— Chart representation of data
Report Definition—Can be used as both List View and Summary view

28.  Email Listener ,File listener

29.  Access Groups, access roles

30.  Parameter values ,local values
Parameter values are    across activities..
Local values  available only in that activity..

31.  Different types of pages in clipboard
Declare pages, user pages, operator ,Organization, division etc.,

32.  PAL, Pre-flight
Preflight facilitates to find warnings in activities and decision rules..

33.   Tracer

34.  How to connect External DB from your application
create         Data-Admin-DB-Name with java bridge details..
           Data-Admin-DB-Table with schema name and Table name.
          Click on test connectivity

35.  Smart BPM Methodologies
14 steps..

36.  Diff b/w BPM and BRE
BPM – automatic processing..
BRE—Only business rules.. flows not required.

37.  Circumstance and types simple circumstance (value based,time based), multiple circumstance (circumstance definition, circumstance template)

38.  Rule set and Rule set Versions
Container of Rules id Ruleset—multiple versions can be created for a single ruleset

39.  What is grid layout tree layout

40.  Guardrails in Pega
Limit custom java, establish robust foundation, build for change, do nthing hard,etc..,

41.  Import ,export rules   Product, ProductPatch

42.  Production rule set

43.  Agile Methodologies  SCRUM

44.  Work Type:
fundamental unit of work .can be create, update and resolve

45.  Work Item:
Unique Id, Urgency and status.
6R`s Automation: Receive (accepting), Routing, Report, Respond, Research (decision), Resolve

46.  What are the fields in the properties panel of an assignment shape?
Route    Notify Ticket Status Localactions  Harness

47. Where can we call the activities in a flow action?
Post activity Preactivity at action tab

48.  What is Class structure of your Project? Explain about the project Flow?
Organizatin-> Division-> Framework->Implementation

49.  What is the Rule availability?
Rule available for  Rule Resolution algorithm, Yes,No,Final,Blocked,Wirhtdrawn

50. What is the Final availability and how can change availability of Rule?
Save into different Ruleset

51.  Can you Override Final rule?
S.     Only in same Ruleset

52.  What is the rule resolution Algorithm and can you tell me how it works or search?
Rule resolution is the search algorithm that the system uses to find the best or most appropriate rule instance to apply in a situation.
Rule resolution applies to all but a few rule types — classes that inherit from the Rule- base class. Rule resolution does not apply to instances of classes derived from the Work-, Data-, or any other base class.