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Service COM rules
Completing the Create, Save As, or Specialization form
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Important: The rule type rule-service-COM is deprecated. As appropriate, migrate to Service dotNET rules.

Records can be created in various ways. You can add a new record to your application or copy an existing one. You can specialize existing rules by creating a copy in a specific ruleset, against a different class or (in some cases) with a set of circumstance definitions. You may copy data instances but they do not support specialization as they are not versioned.

Based on your use case, the Create, Save As, or Specialization form is used to create the record. The number of fields and available options vary by record type. Start by familiarizing yourself with the generic layout of these forms and their common fields using the following Developer Help topics:

This help topic help topic identifies the key parts and options that are applicable to the record type you are creating.

NOTE: Create a Service Package data instance before creating a Service COM rule; the name of this data instance becomes the first key part of a collection of Service COM rules. The class and method name parts of the key are considered "external" and are unrelated to the Pega 7 Platform class and methods for flexibility.

Create a Service COM rule by selecting Service COM from the Integration-Services category.

Key parts:

A Service COM rule has three key parts:

Field

Description
Customer Package Name

Select a package name that groups related Service COM rules. Choose a name already defined through a Service Package data instance. See About Service Package data instances.
Customer Class Name

Enter a name to logically group related methods. This name may or may not refer to the Pega 7 Platform class that the activity belongs to. Make this a legal Visual Basic identifier: start the name with a letter and use only letters, digits, and underscore.

Identifier

Enter a name that describes the activity being called by the service. This is not a Pega 7 Platform method or a Java method. Make this a valid Visual Basic identifier: start the name with a letter and use only letters, digits, and underscore.

Rule resolution

When searching for a Service COM rule, the system filters candidate rules based on a requestor's RuleSet list of RuleSets and versions.

Circumstance-qualified and time-qualified resolution features are not available for Service COM rules. The class hierarchy is not relevant to Service COM rule resolution.

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