Troubleshooting
Problem
Avoid using any features that are deprecated because they might be removed from the product in a future release. Also, before you upgrade to a new version of the product, check whether you or your apps rely on any features that were removed from the product or are newly deprecated. Generally, a replacement alternative or action is suggested for each deprecated or removed feature. However, because each IBM Business Automation Workflow documentation version contains a topic that summarizes the deprecations and removals only for that version, it is not easy to identify which features are currently deprecated or removed.
Symptom
Information about deprecations and removals is spread across the following documentation versions:
- Deprecated and removed features (24)
- Deprecated and removed features (23)
- Deprecated and removed features (22)
- Deprecated and removed features (20 - 21)
- Deprecated and removed features (18 - 19)
- Deprecated and removed features (V8.6)
- Deprecated and removed features (V8.5.7)
- Deprecated and removed features (V8.5.6)
- Deprecated and removed features (V8.5.5)
- Deprecated and removed features (V8.5)
Information about features that were deprecated or removed in older product releases that are no longer supported are listed in Deprecations and removals archived information.
Resolving The Problem
The consolidated information about which features were deprecated or removed, and when (across all releases), is presented in the following categories:
- Deprecations for IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM Business Process Manager
- Deprecations for IBM Integration Designer
- Deprecations for Desktop Process Designer
- Removals for IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM Business Process Manager
- Removals for IBM Integration Designer
To see whether there is more information about a deprecated or removed feature that is listed in the following tables, click the release number.
Note: For Version 21.0.3, there are no new deprecations or removals.
Deprecations for IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM Business Process Manager
The following table summarizes all deprecated IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM Business Process Manager features that have not been removed:
| IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM Business Process Manager feature or support |
Release deprecated
(Link for more information)
|
| CM8 integration support for Business Automation Workflow case management | 24.0.0 |
| Process Federation Server BPD indexing | 24.0.0 |
| Solution Document Generator (Docgen) utility | 23.0.2 |
| BPM Content Store | 23.0.1 |
| Collaboration mode in Process Designer | 23.0.1 |
| Local operating system registry, stand-alone Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) registry, and stand-alone custom registry | 23.0.1 |
| Use of an external Elasticsearch 7.x cluster by Process Federation Server | 22.0.2 |
| Process Center Sharing | 22.0.2 |
| Process Center Governance | 22.0.2 |
| Process Center Documents | 22.0.2 |
| Robot Task | 22.0.2 |
| Business Automation Workflow Web Service APIs | 22.0.2 |
| Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE) as an IBM Content Navigator (ICN) plugin | 21.0.2 |
| Downloading the IBM Business Automation Workflow documentation for offline access | 21.0.2 |
| Internet Explorer | 20.0.0.2 |
| Decision tasks in a process | 20.0.0.2 |
| Deployment environment wizard | 20.0.0.2 |
| Process Federation Server embedded Elasticsearch | 20.0.0.1 |
| Web Service (outbound) configuration flag use-pre856-wsdl-cache="true" | 20.0.0.1 |
| Service engine configuration flag enforce-private-variable-scope="false" | 20.0.0.1 |
| Invoking Java from JavaScript | 19.0.0.3 |
Web Service (inbound) configuration flag enable-advanced-parameter-properties-for-wsdl |
19.0.0.3 |
| External implementation service | 19.0.0.3 |
| REST discovery of header parameter Content-Type, Accept, and Authorization | 19.0.0.2 |
| Certain integration capabilities in the System Data Toolkit | 19.0.0.2 |
| Usage of Advanced Integration Service (AIS) for short-running/synchronous Service Component Architecture (SCA) services | 19.0.0.2 |
| Configuration flag use-jaxws = false | 19.0.0.2 |
| Embedded JavaScript use of "pointy hash" delimiters (<# #> and <#= #>) to set the WSDL URL at runtime for a web service server | 19.0.0.1 |
| Business Space and iWidgets | 18.0.0.2 |
| Heritage Human Services | 18.0.0.1 |
| Security-hardening properties with the ProcessServer prefix | 8.6 CF2018.03 |
| Launchpad for IBM Business Process Manager / Business Automation Workflow | 8.6 |
| Federated IBM BPM REST API | 8.6 |
Timer trigger From 22.0.2, the 'On Trigger' condition is no longer available for Web Process Designer. It is replaced by the 'After start of parent process or subprocess' condition. |
8.5.7 CF2017.12 |
| Responsive controls | 8.5.7 CF2017.06 |
| Typical installation from the product launchpad | 8.5.7 CF2017.06 |
| Quick Start console | 8.5.7 CF2017.06 |
| Desktop Process Designer | 8.5.7 CF2017.03 |
| HTTP | 8.5.7 CF2016.12 |
| Some old style saved search APIs | 8.5.7 |
| Dojo-based stock controls | 8.5.7 |
| Task collaboration | 8.5.7 |
| Heritage coaches | 8.5.7 |
| BPMProcessInstancesCleanup command | 8.5.7 |
| Ad hoc reports | 8.5.6 |
| Stored procedure command for instance deletion | 8.5.5 |
| Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) and Common Base Events | 8.5.5 |
| Ad hoc events | 8.5.5 |
| APIs for the participant groups | 8.5 |
| The Team Manager Group option under the Group Management option under User Management menu in the Server Admin area of the Process Admin Console | 8.5 |
| Process Performance and My Team Performance dashboards in Process Portal. These dashboards were formerly known as scoreboards in releases before IBM Business Process Manager V8.0. | 8.5 |
| The Header tab of the Properties view of an outgoing Web Service Integration component | 8.5 |
| Business Process Choreographer JMS API | 8.0.1 |
| Configuring a deployment environment while creating a deployment manager or custom profile that uses the Profile Management Tool | 7.5 |
| Management tool and manageprofiles command-line utility | 7.5 |
| Configuring a custom deployment environment that uses the Deployment Environment wizard | 7.5 |
| Business Process Choreographer JAX-RPC API | 7.5 |
Deprecations for IBM Integration Designer
The following table summarizes all deprecated IBM Integration Designer features that have not yet been removed:
Deprecations for Desktop Process Designer
The following table lists features that are not available in the Business Automation Workflow web-based Process Designer. These features are only available by using the desktop Process Designer. When the desktop Process Designer reaches the end of support (EOS) date, then the features will no longer be available.
For best practices on converting to the web-based Process Designer, see Converting from desktop Process Designer to web-based Process Designer.
| Desktop Process Designer feature or support | Release deprecated (Link for more information) |
| JSR 286 compliant portal | 8.6 |
|
Editors for the following concepts
|
8.5.7 CF2017.03 |
| Optimization and simulation | 8.5.7 CF2017.03 |
| Rational product integration | 8.5.7 CF2017.03 |
| SAP Solution Manager integration | 8.5.7 CF2016.09 |
| Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) | 8.5.7 |
| IBM Case Manager support | 8.5.7 |
| Basic Case Management support | 8.5.7 |
|
The assignment options such as Last User in Lane, Routing Policy, and List of Users under an Activity's Properties
|
8.5 |
| Report and Scoreboard components | 8.0.1 |
| Send Alert | 8.0.1 |
Removals for IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM Business Process Manager
The following table summarizes the removals for IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager:
| IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM Business Process Manager feature or support | Release removed (Link for more information) |
| Download link to desktop Process Designer | 24.0.0 |
Configuration flag use-jaxws |
23.0.2 |
| Robot tasks | 23.0.2 |
| Upgrading from Business Automation Workflow 18.0.0.x, 19.0.0.1, or 19.0.0.2 | 23.0.2 |
| Decision Recommendation and Workforce Insights services | 23.0.2 |
| Business Automation Workflow on containers Web Service APIs | 23.0.1 |
| Upgrading from IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.x, V8.6.x | 22.0.2 |
| REST interface for IBM Process Federation Server resources | 22.0.1 |
| Process Federation Server embedded Elasticsearch | 22.0.1 |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow on containers does not support Business Automation Insights or Machine Learning Server (including Intelligent Task Prioritization and Workforce Insights) in 21.0.2. However, stand-alone Business Automation Insights and Machine Learning Server are supported in 23.0.2 and later. | 21.0.2 |
| The database schema for Content Platform Engine 5.5.x, the FNGCD_CESERVERS and FNGCD_OSCBROWNERS tables for the Global Configuration database are no longer part of the schema. | 21.0.2 |
| Migration from IBM Business Process Manager 8.0.x | 20.0.0.2 |
| Migrating from IBM Business Process Manager V7.5.x | 19.0.0.3 |
| Cloud Product Insights | 18.0.0.1 |
| Custom installation from the product launchpad | 18.0.0.1 |
| Upgrading from IBM Business Process Manager Express V8.5.x or V8.6.x | 18.0.0.1 |
| Migration from WebSphere Process Server V7.0.x | 18.0.0.1 |
| Oracle WebLogic Server | 18.0.0.1 |
| Solution Documentation Generator Microsoft Word format | 18.0.0.1 |
| WebSphere eXtreme Scale is not installed as part of WbeSphere Application Server | 18.0.0.1 |
| MobileFirst Adaptor Generation | 8.6 CF2018.03 |
| Solaris | 8.6 |
| Java 6, Java 7, and Java 7.1 | 8.6 |
| Migration from WebSphere Lombardi Edition V7.2.0 | 8.5.7 CF2017.03 |
| Migration from WebSphere Process Server V6.2.0.x | 8.5.7 CF2017.03 |
| tuneBPM command options | 8.5.7 CF2016.12 |
| Migration from WebSphere Lombardi Edition V7.0 or V7.1.0 | 8.5.7 CF2016.09 |
| BPMConfig command performance-tuning configuration file options | 8.5.7 |
| Business Process Choreographer administrative script bpcTemplates.jacl | 8.5.7 |
| Microsoft Office Add-On and Microsoft SharePoint Add-On | 8.5.7 |
| Migration from Teamworks 6 | 8.5.7 |
| z/OS | 8.5.5 |
| 32-bit operating systems | 8.5.5 |
| updateVirtualHost command | 8.5.5 |
| Sending events in pre-XML formats | 8.5.5 |
| Configuring IBM BPM and IBM Business Monitor to run in the same cell | 8.5.5 |
| Common Base Event Browser in the IBM Process Server administrative console | 8.5 |
| Database design generator tool | 8.5 |
| Use of the typical installation option to create a stand-alone Process Center or Process Server profile | 8.5 |
| wsadmin commands that are used for configuration tasks in the IBM Process Server administrative console | 8.5 |
| Command-line utilities for migration tasks that are used in the IBM Process Server administrative console | 8.5 |
| IBM Business Process Choreographer Explorer - reporting function | 8.0.1 |
| APIs for the BPC client model | 8.0.1 |
| Visual Mining NetCharts Pro charting engine | 7.5.1 |
Removals for IBM Integration Designer
The following table summarizes the removals for IBM Integration Designer.
| IBM Integration Designer feature or support | Release removed (Link for more information) |
| ECM Adapter | 23.0.1 |
| Lotus Domino Adapter | 23.0.1 |
| iSeries Adapter | 23.0.1 |
| IBM Business Monitor | 18.0.0.1 |
| Business Monitor development toolkit, including the monitor model debugger | 18.0.0.1 |
| WebSphere DataPower Appliance | 18.0.0.1 |
| WebSphere Portal Server | 18.0.0.1 |
|
Human Task User Interface Generation options for the following client types:
|
18.0.0.1 |
| Rational Asset Manager | 18.0.0.1 |
| Interface maps | 18.0.0.1 |
| Selectors | 18.0.0.1 |
| Linux as supported operating system | 18.0.0.1 |
| JSR 286 compliant portlets for WebSphere Portal Server | 18.0.0.1 |
| WebSphere InterChange Migration wizard, WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation Migration wizard | 8.5.7 |
| ClearCase adapter | 8.5.6 |
| ClearCase SCM adapter | 8.5.5 |
| The IBM Integration Designer for WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus option on the IBM Integration Designer launchpad and the qesb profile | 8.5 |
| The IBM Integration Designer for IBM Business Monitor option on the IBM Integration Designer launchpad | 8.5 |
| IBM Forms software that is bundled with the installation program for IBM Integration Designer V8.5 | 8.5 |
| IBM Business Process Manager Advanced Client option that is shipped as part of the IBM Business Process Manager Advanced | 8.5 |
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Product Synonym
IBM BAW, Business Automation Workflow
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