XML Format Deprecation

17 February 2025

BMC is alerting you to a change in support in accordance with the BMC Software Product Support Policy.

As part of our ongoing effort to focus on JSON and improve consistency throughout Control-M, XML is now deprecated as a supported format throughout the various interfaces in Control-M.

XML support is deprecated:

• The following features are deprecated:
  • EMDEF XML utilities (deprecated since version 9.0.21.100, as described in emdef Utility Suite Deprecation).
  • Automation API support for XML (deprecated since version 9.0.21.100, as described in Automation API XML Deprecation)
  • Import/export in XML format to/from the Web UI (deprecated effective immediately)
  • The Control-M/Server XML utilities ctmimptb and ctmpsm -IMPORT_CAL,  which is used to import Folders and Calendars (deprecated effective immediately)
  • The XML output format of Control-M for z/OS utilities CTMTLB and IOACLB which are used to export Folders and Calendars (deprecated from version 9.0.22.000). In version 9.0.22.000, you can export to JSON using the new CTMJSNEX utility.
• These features will reach End of Support on June 1st, 2027 and Version 9.0.22.100 is the last version that will include these features.

Implications:

• Deprecated features are no longer enhanced but are still supported until their End of Support dates. 
• XML as a format will no longer be supported after June 1st 2027.
• Features that are no longer supported will not have bugs fixed and BMC might remove its code partially or entirely from future releases. 
• Control-M Client Support will end in 2027, as described in Control-M Client End of Support. BMC recommends that you use Control-M Web to import/export workloads as JSON.