Pega Certified System Architect study guide
Pega Certified System Architect · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Pega Certified System Architect (CSA) is a credential for practitioners who design and build applications on Pega Platform. It suits developers and system architects who have moved past introductory low-code work and can reason about how an application's processes, data model, user interface, and access controls fit together. Pega Academy lists four knowledge areas for the System Architect track: digital process automation, data management, user experience design, and security - a useful map of what the exam tests. Preparation runs through Pega Academy's missions, which combine modules (text, video, and interactive content with quizzes), hands-on challenges performed in the platform, a capstone mission exercise, and a mission test. Topics on this exam: Digital process automation, Data management, User experience design, and Security. The Pega Certified System Architect study guide has 4 sections and about 1,308 words.
01Digital Process Automation
Pega process automation is built around a case type whose lifecycle is divided into stages . Each stage contains one or more processes , and each process contains steps made of shapes such as assignments, data transforms, decisions, utilities, and subprocesses.
336 words, about 2 min02Data Management
Pega data management questions usually hinge on data pages , data transforms , and class structure . A data page is a clipboard page loaded from a source such as a report definition, connector, activity, or data transform.
328 words, about 2 min03User Experience Design
Pega UX questions test how forms, sections, harnesses, flow actions, and views combine to present a case. A harness defines the overall case workspace; sections and views organize fields; flow actions present task-specific choices.
326 words, about 2 min04Security
Pega security questions often test the difference between proving identity and granting permission. Authentication verifies an operator through mechanisms such as password policies, LDAP, SAML, or SSO.
318 words, about 2 min