Deprecated features
Deprecation means that the features are supported at this time but can be removed in an upcoming CF. It is recommended that deprecated items be removed as soon as possible as they can cause unpredictable behavior. Links to more information on the replacement for those items listed for deprecation will be posted as they become available to provide help as you move away from these features.
Recently Deprecated Features
| Category | Deprecated | Recommended Action | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrating | Sametime Integration | Integration with Sametime will be deprecated. The supported Sametime version 9.0 already reached EOS. | November 2021 |
| Integrating | Add to Sametime List | Effective November 2021, integration with Sametime will be deprecated. The supported Sametime version 9.0 already reached EOS. | November 2021 |
| Online Help | Sametime Web 2.0 Contact List | Effective November 2021, integration with Sametime will be deprecated. The supported Sametime version 9.0 already reached EOS. | November 2021 |
| Developing | Microsoft Exchange 2010 Calendar | Effective November 2021, integration with Microsoft Exchange 2010 will be deprecated. Exchange 2010 is out of support for Microsoft. | November 2021 |
| Developing | Microsoft Exchange 2010 Mail | Effective November 2021, integration with Microsoft Exchange 2010 will be deprecated. Exchange 2010 is out of support for Microsoft. | November 2021 |
| Online Help | Coach | Effective November 2021, Coach portlet will be deprecated. IBM no longer supports WebSphere Lombardi. | November 2021 |
| Online Help | Dynamic Coach | Effective November 2021, Dynamic Coach portlet will be deprecated. IBM no longer supports WebSphere Lombardi. | November 2021 |
| Configuring | Federated Documents Picker | Effective November 2021, Federated Documents Picker feature will be deprecated. HCL Digital Asset Management may be use in replacement for this feature. | November 2021 |
| Online Help | Frequent Users | Effective November 2021, Frequent Users portlet will be deprecated. This is an obsolete portlet and no replacement is needed. | November 2021 |
| Setting up a website | Syndicated Feed Portlet | Effective November 2021, Syndicated Feed portlet will be deprecated. | November 2021 |
| Integrating | TPIR Configuration Viewer | Effective November 2021, TPIR Configuration Viewer will be deprecated. IBM no longer supports WebSphere Lombardi. | November 2021 |
| Developing | UX Screen Flow Manager - Dialog Stack Portlet | Effective November 2021, Dialog Stack portlet will be deprecated. The feature was already removed on the later version of Portal. | November 2021 |
| Developing | UX Screen Flow Manager - Dialog State Display Portlet | Effective November 2021, Dialog State Display portlet will be deprecated. The feature was already removed on the later version of Portal. | November 2021 |
| Setting up a website | Welcome to WebSphere Portal | Effective November 2021, Welcome portlet will be deprecated. This is an obsolete portlet and no replacement is needed. | November 2021 |
| Integrating | Watson Content Hub support | Effective November 2021, integration with Watson Content Hub will be deprecated. HCL Digital Asset Management may be use in replacement for this feature. | November 2021 |
| Integrating | Web Application Bridge - Microsoft SharePoint | Effective November 2021, integration with Microsoft SharePoint will be deprecated. | November 2021 |
| Integrating | SAP NetWeaver | Effective November 2021, integration with SAP NetWeaver will be deprecated. NetWeaver is no longer supported by SAP. | November 2021 |
| Integrating | Domino | Effective November 2021, integration with Domino will be deprecated. The iFrame integration approach is already obsolete and not used. | November 2021 |
| Integrating | iNotes portlet | Effective November 2021, integration with Domino will be deprecated. The iFrame integration approach is already obsolete and not used. | November 2021 |
| Migrating | IBM® JSF Bridge | In WAS 9.0.5.2 and 8.5.5.17, IBM removed the JSF Bridge from WAS. To address this, an updated JSF Portlet Bridge is included in DX CF18 release. Customers installing HCL DX CF18, and using an IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment version later than 8.5.5.17 or 9.0.5.2 should utilize the new JSF Portlet Bridge. The HCL JSF Portlet Bridge is built using the same class names as the IBM JSF Portlet Bridge provided in WAS 9.0.0.7 thru 9.0.5.1 and WAS 8.5.5.16 respectively. User applications should be able to continue to function without any modification. | December 2020 |
Previously Deprecated Features
| Category | Unsupported | Recommended Action |
|---|---|---|
| Setting up a site | Running the "Local Content Viewer" portlet (WCM Rendering Portlet) with WSRP | The Local Content View portlet has no architectural replacement. Instead, use WCM Rendering portlet locally. The feature allows customers to run the content viewer on a remote portal and integrate it into a local portal. You can run the content viewer only locally. - Documentation resource: Enabling remote rendering with WSRP and the Web Content Viewer |
| Administering | Frequent Users portlet - Documentation resource: Viewing frequent users | Login filters can be used to record login activity as needed.- Documentation resource: New security APIs in HCL Portal |
| Security | OpenID authentication Legacy Portal OpenID TAI (com.ibm.portal.auth.tai.OpenidTAI provided by HCL Digital Experience) See Integrating with OpenID authentication |
For authentication in HCL Digital Experience with an external Identity Provider use SAML/OpenID Connect TAIs provided by IBM WebSphere Application Server or custom TAIs.- Documentation resource: Establishing SSO connections through SAML 2.0 tokens |
| Administering | XMLAccess xsds for older releases (HCL Digital Experience Portal 5.0 - 7.0) | Use the XML configuration interface with XML input files specified according to the latest schema file: PortalConfig_8.5.0.xsd. - Documentation resource: Using the XML configuration command line client |
| Developing | Enabler, Builder, and Mashups components and API | The Mashup Enabler and the Builder components are deprecated. The Mashups Enabler and the Builder API are deprecated. - Documentation resource: Mashup integration post migration steps |
| Personalization | LikeMinds | The LikeMinds services and database domains are deprecated.- Documentation resource: Using the XML configuration commands line client Go to Active Site Analytics to learn how to configure a variety of analysis tools to support your Digital Experience platform requirements. - Documentation resource: Enabling Active Site Analytics for your Marketing Center Spot |
| Personalization | Feedback | The Feedback database domains are deprecated. - Documentation resource: Using the XML configuration commands line client Go to Active Site Analytics to learn how to configure a variety of analysis tools to support your Digital Experience platform requirements.- Documentation resource: Enabling Active Site Analytics for your Marketing Center Spot |
| Security | Active Credentials | Active credentials are deprecated from the Credential Vault portlet. Passive credentials are still available. - Documentation resource: Credential Vault |
| Administering | Shared private pages | The Sharing private pages service is deprecated. - Documentation resource: Sharing pages with other users Go to Managing Pages for the set of services available in HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9 releases. - Documentation resource: Managing pages |
| Administering | Parallel Portlet rendering | The Parallel Portlet rendering feature is deprecated. See the HCL Digital Experience Performance Tuning Guide for recommendations to optimize digital experience application performance. |
| Security | Stand-alone LDAP user registry | The stand-alone LDAP user registry configuration is deprecated. Instead, configure the federated LDAP user registry. If you upgraded from HCL Digital Experience 7.0 or 8.0 with a stand-alone LDAP user registry, you can continue to use your stand-alone LDAP user registry. However, run the wp-modify-federated-security to change to a federated LDAP user registry. - Documentation resource: Changing from a stand-alone repository to a federated repository |
| Administering | URL mappings | URL mappings are deprecated. If you upgrade from HCL Digital Experience 8.0 to 8.5, you can continue to use your existing URL mappings, but creating new URL mappings is no longer supported. Use Vanity URLs or Friendly URLs |
| Installation | Full and Base installation options | Before HCL Digital Experience 8.5, a customer chose either a full deployment with all the same pages and artifacts or a base deployment to customize their portal. Starting with HCL Digital Experience 8.5, the Configuration Wizard installs the full deployment. Customers can then remove pages to customize their portal. Then, they can package their customizations as a Portal Application Archive (PAA) file. Finally, customers can install their production server, run the empty-portal task, and install the customization PAA file. |
| Security | LTPA version 1 token support | The LTPA version 1 token is deprecated. WebSphere® Application Server 8.5.5. disables the LTPA version 1 token by default. If you are integrating with third-party applications that rely on LTPA version 1, update the application to support LTPA version 2. If you cannot update the application, you must manually re-enable LTPA version 1 support after you complete the migration. For information on updating your application to support LTPA version 2, see the documentation for the application Enabling or disabling single sign-on interoperability mode for the LTPA token for WebSphere® Application Server 8.5.5 and Enabling or disabling single sign-on interoperability mode for the LTPA token for WebSphere® Application Server 9.0.0 |
Last update:
March 31, 2022