Heritage artifacts
IBM® Business Automation Workflow contains
a number of artifacts that are labeled heritage.
A heritage artifact is a technology that belongs to a previous product version but remains
supported in the current version, although a newer version of the artifact using a different
technology is available. The heritage artifact remains supported in the current version until IBM identifies it as deprecated or removed. IBM Business Automation Workflow uses heritage artifacts to support existing
process applications so that there is no need to upgrade them. While you can develop new
applications by using heritage artifacts, the recommended approach is to use the new replacement
artifacts to take advantage of their enhancements.
Important: Heritage artifacts are not
necessarily directly compatible with artifacts in later versions. See the limitations in the table
of heritage artifacts for information.
The following table lists the heritage artifacts, the artifacts
that replaced them and when the replacement occurred, and limitations
that apply with using the heritage artifact.
| Heritage artifact | Current artifact | Limitations |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage coaches (deprecated) | Coaches and coach views in IBM BPM V8.0.0.0 | Heritage coaches (deprecated, pre-8.0.0.0 technology) cannot be added to client-side human services (8.5.5.0 technology). However, process applications can contain both heritage human services and client-side human services, and heritage human services can contain heritage coaches. |
| Heritage human services (deprecated) | Client-side human services in Business Automation Workflow and IBM BPM V8.5.5.0 and later | Calling a heritage human service from within a client-side human service is not supported. |
This topic only applies to BAW, and is located in the BAW repository. Last updated on 2025-03-13 12:15