Deprecated and removed features of IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.5

Deprecated features

If a function is listed here as deprecated, or certain system requirements are indicated as deprecated on the Software Product Compatibility Reports website, IBM might remove this capability or support in a subsequent release of the product to focus on follow-on technologies or the strategic function that is listed under Action. Typically, a function is not deprecated unless an equivalent alternative is provided or available. A function is not removed for at least two releases after the deprecation of the function is declared. In rare cases, it might be necessary to remove functions sooner; such cases are indicated in the descriptions of these removed functions.

The following items from previous releases are deprecated in IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.5.

Table 1. Deprecated features for IBM BPM V8.5.5

Deprecated functions	Description	Action
Ad hoc events	Ad hoc events and the APIs for working with or triggering ad hoc events are deprecated.	Use an activity that has no input wire instead of an ad hoc event. For more information, see Creating an unstructured (ad hoc) activity.
Stored procedure command for instance deletion	The stored procedure LSW_BPD_INSTANCE_DELETE command is deprecated.	Use the wsadmin BPMProcessInstancesCleanup command instead. For more information, see BPMProcessInstancesCleanup command.
Two simple type Enums in the Java Script API	For consistency, the Enums TaskListInteractionFilter and TaskListRiskState that were based on simple types are changed to strings.	Modify any programs that use the JavaScript API and either of the Enums TaskListInteractionFilter and TaskListRiskState to use the type String.
Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) and Common Base Events	CEI and Common Base Events are deprecated.	Make sure that the event parts in inbound events, which are in generated monitor models in IBM Integration Designer, do not have cbe:CommonBaseEvent as the root. Instead, use WebSphere Business Events wbe:monitorEvent. For examples that use WebSphere Business Events, see the following topics: Event parts Defining event parts Using event parts in notifications
Business Process Choreographer administrative script bpcTemplates.jacl	The bpcTemplates.jacl script to start, stop, undeploy, or list all process and task templates that belong to an application is deprecated.	To start or stop process and task templates that belong to a particular application, use the new manageTemplates.py script. You can also use it to uninstall BPEL applications and human task applications. For more information, see manageTemplates.py command. To display which versions of applications are deployed and how many instances there are of it for each version, use the listTemplates.py script. For more information, see listTemplates.py administrative script.
IBM Integration Designer support for WebSphere DataPower Appliance	Feature com.ibm.wid.datapower.user, which works directly with the WebSphere DataPower Appliance, is deprecated.	Use the Eclipse editor to author for DataPower. For more information about the Eclipse editor, see Eclipse documentation. For information about alternative packages that you can install by using Installation Manager, see Typical installations and environments.
Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) and Common Base Events	The use of Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) and Common Base Events is deprecated. The Event Monitoring tab is disabled in the Properties view of Integration Designer for all artifact editors.	You can use the Event Monitor preference page to enable Event Monitor tabs in IBM Integration Designer. However, you must manually enable CEI in the runtime environment. Before you enable the event monitor in the artifact editors, save the open editors that have the modifications. When you select this preference, all open editors will close.

Removed features

The following items from previous releases are removed in IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.5: