Deprecated elements

I generally prefer to change the description of the object to Deprecated and if in future I need to remove the object from the environment, one can search all the objects by the word deprecated.

Very good idea indeed! Thank you for sharing.

In 17.3, in addition to being able to search for objects by name, description, or UUID, you can now also perform searches of the expressions within design objects from Appian Designer. So you can search for a deprecated function within design objects from 17.3 onwards.

Hi karl,

I will surely agree with @Aayusha's suggestion. If more then 3 methods are deprecated then it is better to use that approach other wise you can go with Sneha approach if you are using 17.3 version of Appian.

We are actually looking for the other thing to create a process/out of box java function where it will take the deprecated elements list and scan through all the components and will provide you the report end of the day.

Thanks.

Hi Karl,

As others have mentioned, changing the description of your objects to "Deprecated" is probably a good place to start.

To check whether there are any references to these objects, I would also add that it can be helpful to keep deprecated objects in a separate app. That way you can periodically go through and check to make sure there are no dependents left that need to be updated.

On the other hand, if you are asking specifically about the deprecated/updated Appian functions, you can take advantage of the full text search mentioned by Sneha. Just search for the specific function name, or a string like "17r1" to find a list of all the places where you used an old version.

Hope this helps!