Mapping deprecated functions to BPM UI functions

Through conversion, functions that are deprecated in IBM® BPM V8.6.0 are replaced with BPM UI functions.

Most of the deprecated coach views have a direct replacement in the BPM UI toolkit. For example, the deprecated Button, Table, or Date Time Picker coach views are converted into Button, Table, and Date Time Picker BPM UI coach views, respectively. Some deprecated coach views can have more than one BPM UI replacement, depending on what configuration options you specified before conversion.

Remember: This is a best-effort conversion that ensures that each deprecated coach view has at least one replacement in the BPM UI toolkit. However, the conversion does not guarantee that the behavior, the configuration options, bindings, and some of the implemented services and responsive device settings of the resulting BPM UI coach view remain identical to those of the original coach view. That is why it is important that you test and reconfigure the BPM UI coach view as necessary to ensure that it works as expected.

The following sections show the mapping between the deprecated functions, sorted by toolkit, and their corresponding functions after conversion. Functions that are not deprecated in IBM BPM V8.6.0 do not require conversion and are not included in the tables.

Mapping deprecated functions in the Responsive Coaches toolkit
Mapping deprecated functions in the Coaches toolkit
Mapping deprecated functions in the Content Management toolkit

Mapping deprecated functions in the Responsive Coaches toolkit

The following table shows the mapping of deprecated coach views in the Responsive Coaches toolkit to BPM UI coach views after conversion.

For more information about the BPM UI coach views, see BPM UI toolkit.
For more information about the deprecated coach views in the Responsive Coaches toolkit, see Responsive Coaches toolkit.

Table 1. Deprecated responsive functions mapped to BPM UI functions
Deprecated function in the Responsive Coaches toolkit	Function in the BPM UI toolkit
Button	Button
Check Box	Check Box or Switch
Date Time Picker	Date Time Picker
Decimal	Decimal
Image	Image
Integer	Integer
Multiple Select control	Multi Select
Output Text	Output Text
Radio Button	Radio Button Group
Section	Horizontal Layout, Vertical Layout, Panel, or Collapsible Panel
Single Select control	Single Select
Table	Table
Tabs	Tab Section
Text	Text or Type Ahead Text or Password
Text Area	Text Area or Text Editor

Mapping deprecated functions in the Coaches toolkit

The following table shows the mapping of deprecated coach views in the Coaches toolkit to BPM UI coach views after conversion.

For more information about the BPM UI coach views, see BPM UI toolkit.
For more information about the deprecated coach views in the Coaches toolkit, see Coaches toolkit.

Table 2. Deprecated Coaches functions mapped to BPM UI functions
Deprecated function in the Coaches toolkit	Function in the BPM UI toolkit
Button control	Button
Checkbox control	Check Box or Switch
Date Time Picker control	Date Time Picker
Decimal control	Decimal
Horizontal Section control	Horizontal Layout, Panel, or Collapsible Panel
Image control	Image
Integer control	Integer
Output Text control	Output Text
Radio Buttons control	Radio Button Group
Select control	Single Select or Multi Select
Table control	Table
Tabs control	Tab Section
Text control	Text or Type Ahead Text
Text Area control	Text Area or Text Editor
Vertical Section control	Vertical Layout, Panel, or Collapsible Panel

Mapping deprecated functions in the Content Management toolkit

The table below shows the mapping of deprecated coach views in the Content Management toolkit to corresponding coach views in the same Content Management toolkit. The following restrictions exist:

The conversion does not preserve all of the configuration options and data bindings of the deprecated Content Management coach views. To ensure that the coach views work correctly after conversion, you must review and set their configuration options and bindings again in the web Process Designer.
If converting to ECM Document List, you must set the ECM server configuration name option based on the name that is used by the search service associated with the legacy view. If a custom search service was used, the service interface must be updated and the Search service option must be set to reference it.
If converting to Document Explorer, any stand-alone File Viewer that was previously configured will no longer work. The new Document Explorer has a built-in document viewer that can be enabled by setting the Use document viewer configuration option. The stand-alone File Viewer can be removed.

For more information about the coach views in the Content Management toolkit, see Content Management toolkit.

Table 3. Deprecated functions mapped to corresponding functions in the Content Management toolkit
Deprecated function in the Content Management toolkit	Function in the Content Management toolkit
Responsive Document Explorer	Document Explorer
Responsive Document List	BPM Document List or ECM Document List
Responsive Document Viewer	File Viewer
Heritage Document Explorer control	Document Explorer
Heritage Document List control	BPM Document List or ECM Document List
Heritage Document Viewer control	File Viewer