SAE-I Excercise - Not able to Change Property type from Text to Decimal
I am taking SAE-I exercise in PEGA Clooud system.
When I try to change Type of property "InterpersonalSkillRating" from Text to Decimal I am not able to do it. I am getting only following Error message and no other details. Please let me know How to change type of this property.
TCS
IN
Sorry, I have pasted screen shot of Error message But that didnot appear in post. Here is the Error message
This record has 1 error
Data type: The String Type value Decimal has been changed to Text
Pegasystems Inc.
SG
Dear Malar,
You are not able to change the property type once a property is created. If you had created the InterpersonalSkillRating property wrongly, then delete it away and recreate a new one.
Regards,
Teng Hao Chua
Pega Academy Support Team
TCS
IN
Another Question I have
If I delete this and create new property in same Name "InterpersonalSkillRating". Do I need to make any changes to section/Property that refrence this property ?
(Because In a complex applcations it will be a difficult one)
Thanks and Regards,
Malar.
Pegasystems Inc.
SG
Yes, Malar. Property types cannot be changed once the property has been created. It's by design from Pega 7 onwards.
As for your second question, it depends. If the property type previously was DateTime and you had used the Date control in some sections, then obviously when you change the property type to Decimal you will need to change the control used in the sections itself.
However, if you had used the control defined in the property in the section, then there is no need to update the section.