How does Pega handle external data integrations?

Pega handles external data integrations primarily through connectors. Connectors are essential components that allow Pega applications to interact with external systems, databases, and services. They enable Pega to send and receive data from these external sources, integrating various types of data such as web services, databases, and messaging systems.

By utilizing connectors, developers can configure the necessary protocols and data formats to facilitate seamless communication with external applications, such as REST, SOAP, and JDBC connections. This flexibility allows Pega applications to dynamically interact with a wide range of systems, making it a crucial feature for enterprise-level applications that require robust data integration capabilities.

While service levels, data transforms, and interface objects play important roles in overall application functionality and data manipulation, they do not directly facilitate the integration with external data sources in the same manner as connectors do. Service levels are focused on managing the performance and service quality of processes, data transforms modify and map data values within Pega, and interface objects are used to define how data interfaces with Pega. Therefore, connectors are specifically designed for external data integrations.