Deprecated and removed features of IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0.0

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IBM® Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0.0 extends capabilities that are found in previous versions of IBM Business Automation Workflow, IBM Business Process Manager, IBM Case Manager, IBM Integration Designer, WebSphere® Lombardi Edition, IBM WebSphere Lombardi Edition, WebSphere Process Server, and other business process management products. Some features of those other products or previous versions are deprecated and removed in Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0.0

The deprecations and removals that are made in IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0.0 are summarized in the following sections.

Tip: The following sections describe the features that are deprecated or removed in 24.0.0.0. For a summary of all deprecations and removals in this and previous versions, see List of all deprecated and removed features.

Deprecated features

If a feature is listed 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 feature that is listed under Action. Typically, a feature is not deprecated unless an equivalent alternative is provided or available. A feature is not removed for at least two releases after the deprecation of the feature is declared. In rare cases, it might be necessary to remove features sooner; such cases are indicated in the descriptions of these removed features.

The following features from previous releases are deprecated in IBM Business Automation Workflow versions 24.0.0.0.

Table 1. Deprecated features for Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0.0
Deprecated features	Description	Action
CM8 integration support for Business Automation Workflow case management	CM8 integration support as part of the Case Management feature in Business Automation Workflow is deprecated in the current and previous releases.	Customers should look at other integration capabilities in Extending your case management system
Process Federation Server BPD indexing	A new indexing implementation has been provided as part of Business Automation Workflow which can now index directly in the Federated Data Repository (Elasticsearch/Opensearch). Using this new implementation provides better performance than the Process Federation Server BPD indexing.	Customers can upgrade their Business Automation Workflow federated system to 24.0.0.0 as usual and then disable the indexer in Process Federation Server to replace it with the new federated data repository BPD indexing as documented in Enabling the BPD indexing

Removed features

The following features from previous releases are removed in IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0.0.

Table 2. Removed features for Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0.0
Removed features	Description	Action
Download link to desktop Process Designer	The download link for desktop Process Designer is removed from IBM Workflow Center. For more information on how to download and install the desktop PD, see Installing IBM Process Designer	Customers can log in to IBM Process Center and download the zip file containing the installer for the desktop Process Designer.