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Deprecated features

Deprecated features in Pega Platform are still supported when the product is upgraded, but their use in new development is not advised. Use replacement features instead, if they are available.

ClosedData and rule types

Deprecated

Replacement
Data-Admin-ClassGenerator Connector and Metadata wizard output
Data-Admin-ConnectGenerator Connector and Metadata wizard output
Data-Admin-Connect-AtomServer CMIS
Data-Admin-Connect-SoapServer CMIS
Data-Customer Data-Party-COM or Data-Party-Person
Rule-Admin-Product-Patch Products
Rule-AutoTest-Case PegaUnit test cases
Rule-AutoTest-suite PegaUnit test suites
Rule-Connect-BPEL SOAP
Rule-Declare-Constraint Constraints
Rule-Declare-Expression Declare Expressions
Rule-Define-Hierarchy Navigation
Rule-File-Form, Form Builder Harnesses and Sections
Rule-HTML-FixedList Properties
Rule-Obj-JSP Any other stream rule such as HTML or XML
Rule-Obj-ListView Report Definitions
Rule-Obj-SummaryView Report Definitions
Rule-Parse-Infer @pxReplaceAllViaRegex function
Rule-Parse-Transform @pxReplaceAllViaRegex function
Rule-Parse-TransformCollection @pxReplaceAllViaRegex function
Rule-Query-List Report Definitions
Rule-Query-Summary Report Definitions
Rule-RDB-SQL Connect-SQL
Rule-Report-*** Report Definitions
Rule-Service-BPEL SOAP
Rule-Service-COM dotNet
Rule-Service-CORBA Any other service type such as SOAP, EJB, or HTTP

Deprecated rule types and instances are excluded from specific Designer Studio features.

ClosedActivity Methods

Deprecated

Replacement
Apply-Model Apply-Data-Transform
Index-Finish Declare Index
Obj-List Obj-Browse and Obj-Filter
Obj-Set-Tickets The setTicket activity
Property-Set-Special Property-Set
Rule instruction The evaluateRule activity
Show-Applet Show-Page
Show-Applet-Data Show-Property
Wait-for-Connector Connect-Wait
ClosedControls

Use the Update Control feature to automatically upgrade these deprecated controls in sections and harnesses. Buttons with custom settings must be manually converted to use the pxButton control.

Deprecated Replacement
TextArea

TextAreaSmall

TextAreaWithExpandSmall

TextAreaExpanded

 TextAreaWithExpand

TextAreaInTable

TextAreaExpandedOverflow

TextAreaWithExpandExpanded

 pxTextArea
Date-Calendar

DateTime-Calendar

DateTime-

CalendarHarness

DateCalendarForDataGrid

Export_Date

Export_DateTime

SecondsToHours

SelectDate

SelectDateTime

DateTime

DateTime-Default

DateTime-Full

DateTime-Long

DateTime-Medium

DateTime-Short

DateTime-Full-i18n

DateTime-Long-i18n

DateTime-Medium-i18n

DateTime-Short-i18n

Date

Date-Full

Date-Long

Date-Medium

Date-Short

Date-Full-i18n

Date-Medium-i18n

Date-Short-i18n

Time

Time-Default

Time-Medium

Time-Short

TimeElapsed-HMS

TimeZoneList

Time-Full-i18n

Time-Long-i18n

Time-Medium-i18n

Time-Short-i18n

pxDateTime
PromptSelect

DynamicSelect

 pxDropDown
RichTextEditor pxRichTextEditor
Autocomplete pxAutoComplete
URL pxLink
Checkbox pxCheckbox
RadioButtons pxRadioButton
Button pxButton

More information is available in the PDN article Upgrading deprecated and outdated controls.

ClosedLocal data

Data tables are replaced by local data storage.

ClosedLanding pages

Deprecated

Replacement
Designer Studio > Data Model > Classes & Properties > Class Relationships The Usage tab of Data Designer and the Data Visualizer
Designer Studio > Data Model > Clipboard Pages > Data Pages The Usage tab of Data Designer and the Data Explorer
Designer Studio > Data Model > Clipboard Pages > Undefined Pages The Usage tab of Data Designer
ClosedOther

Deprecated

Replacement
02 API 03-02 API
Application Accelerator tool Legacy New Application wizard New Application wizard
Application Document tool Document Application tool
Application Profiler tool Application Profile landing page
Authentication Wizard Incorporated into the process of creating a new integration
Create Properties wizard Configuration Grid on the Definition tab of a data type, viewed in the Data Designer.
@java function in expressions Utility function or other product feature
Locatable pages Data pages
Libraries named Default Use a descriptive name when creating a new library
$mode-display in HTML code !mode-input
Monitor Activity workspace Standard reports based on report definition rules are available in the Report Browser.
Open authoring and ActiveX You can use the browser and application of your choice to edit rules.
Override rulesets Production rulesets
Organization and division data instances that are defined by an Explicit RuleSet list Select an Application-based Access Group on the Access tab of these rule forms.
Organization Setup wizard New Application wizard
Pega Composite Gateway
PegaRULES_Extract_Marker.txt to determine whether to delete static content, service export, and lookup list file system-based caches System Management Application (SMA)
Project Management Framework (PMF) integration Agile Workbench
Property type Amount Decimal property type
RA Cache, including custom settings for the fua/assemblyCacheMode prconfig.xml file setting obsolete
Search field type

Data references

User references

Status stage Stages and Steps
UI Inspector tool Live UI tool
UI Tree tool Live UI tool

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