Deprecated and removed features of IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.1.0 and 24.0.0.0

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IBM® Business Automation Workflow 24.0.1.0 and 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 24.0.1.0 and 24.0.0.0.

The deprecations and removals that are made in IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.1.0 and 24.0.0.0 are summarized in the following sections.

Tip: The following sections describe the features that are deprecated or removed in 24.0.1.0 and 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 24.0.1.0 and 24.0.0.0.

Table 1. Deprecated features for Business Automation Workflow 24.0.1.0 and 24.0.0.0
Deprecated features Description Action
 24.0.0.0 
IBM Content Manager 8 integration support for Business Automation Workflow case management
IBM Content Manager 8 integration support as part of the Case Management feature in Business Automation Workflow is deprecated. Customers should look at other integration capabilities in Extending your case management system
 24.0.0.0 
Process Federation Server Process indexing
A new implementation of the indexing of the Process Engine is provided as part of Business Automation Workflow which can now index directly in the Federated Data Repository (Elasticsearch or Opensearch). Using this new implementation provides better performance than the Process Federation Server Process indexing. Customers can upgrade their Business Automation Workflow federated system to 24.0.0.0 as usual and then disable the indexer of the Process Engine in Process Federation Server to replace it with the new federated data repository process indexing as documented in Enabling the federated data repository process indexing
 24.0.0.0 

Deploy the Content Platform Engine Workflow Service

The Content Platform Engine Workflow Service uses a Web Services Reliable Messaging Protocol to help ensure that requests are sent to Business Automation Workflow. This feature is deprecated.

If you are using an external Content Platform Engine, enter the correct configuration values for your environment.

Removed features

The following features from previous releases are removed in IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.1.0 and 24.0.0.0

Table 2. Removed features for Business Automation Workflow 24.0.1.0 and 24.0.0.0
Removed features Description Action
 24.0.1.0 

Deploy the Content Platform Engine Workflow Service task in Case Configuration Tool

Deploy the Content Platform Engine Workflow Service task is no longer available in the Case Configuration Tool. None
 24.0.0.0 
Download link to desktop Process Designer

The download link for desktop Process Designer is removed from IBM Workflow Center.

Customers can log in to IBM Process Center and download the compressed file, which contains the installer for the desktop Process Designer. For more information on how to download and install the desktop Process Designer, see Installing IBM Process Designer.