Discontinued functionality

If you are migrating from an earlier version of WebSphere Commerce, you should be aware of the various features that are deprecated or removed from this and earlier releases.

The following features are discontinued in this and earlier releases of WebSphere Commerce.

Discontinued features

Discontinued features are those features that were announced as deprecated, and are now removed from the product.

WebSphere Commerce Analyzer

WebSphere Commerce Analyzer is replaced by integration with other analytics vendors, such as IBM Digital Analytics, formerly known as Coremetrics Analytics.

Recommended action:

IBM Digital Analytics is now the preferred web analytics solution for WebSphere Commerce. It is a customer-centric solution that supports multiple touch points to gain cross-channel insights. By default, IBM Digital Analytics offers reports that are designed and branded specifically for WebSphere Commerce with consistent terminology in user interfaces. It offers tag library integration, one-click customer segment transfers fromIBM Digital Analytics to WebSphere Commerce for targeted marketing campaigns, extended sites support, and an auto-tagging tool to minimize deployment time.

IBM Lotus QuickPlace

Support for IBM Lotus QuickPlace is discontinued.

Recommended action:

For more information, see Lotus QuickPlace.

stagingcheck utility

The stagingcheck utility is discontinued.

Recommended action:

As an alternative, run the stagingprop utility with the transaction parameter set to one (the default value) and the batchsize parameter that is set to 0. If an error is encountered during the stagingprop transaction, then the entire process is rolled back without any changes to staging or production servers. If you prefer, run stagingprop with the transaction parameter set to 1 and the batchsize parameter that is set to 1. If an error is encountered, all changes up until the point of failure is updated into staging and production servers. Resolve the issue and then rerun the utility, which begins running at the point of failure.