The SAP connections that you created in versions earlier than 10.0 are deprecated. The deprecated connection category is named as SAP (Deprecated) under Enterprise Application.
Informatica will drop support for the deprecated connections in a future release. You can run mappings with the deprecated connections and also create a new deprecated connection. However, Informatica recommends that you create a new SAP connection by using the SAP category under Enterprise Application.
The following image shows the deprecated SAP connection category and the new SAP connection category that you must use:
The SAP data objects that you created in versions earlier than 10.0 are deprecated. The deprecated data object type is named as SAP Data Object (Deprecated).
Informatica will drop support for the deprecated data objects in a future release. You can run mappings with the existing data objects and also create a new deprecated data object. However, Informatica recommends that you create a new data object of type SAP Table Data Object to read data from SAP tables.
The following image shows the deprecated SAP data object and the new SAP Table data object that you must use:
