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Upgrading Siebel ERM Customized Microsite and Group News Pages

Upgrades from: Siebel 7.0.x and 7.5.x.

Environments: Development, production test, production.

Platforms: Windows, UNIX, IBM z/OS.

This topic is part of an upgrade process. See How to Perform a Siebel Database Upgrade.

As of Siebel 7.7, virtual business components are provided for microsite and Group News pages. These new business components include important rendering optimizations. If you have created customized page sections, you must change the underlying business component.

These old business components are no longer supported:

• ePortal MM Page Item 1
• ePortal MM Page Item 2
• ePortal MM Page Item 3
• ePortal MM Page Item 7
• ePortal MM Page Item 8

They are replaced by the following virtual business components:

• ERM Microsite Section Body VBC
• ERM Microsite Section Navigation Bar VBC
• ERM Section Page Footer VBC
• ERM Section Page Title VBC
• ERM Microsite Section Quick Picks VBC

New Virtual Business Components

In addition, two virtual business components are provided for creating new page sections:

• For microsite pages: ERM Microsite Section VBC (Copy to create a new Section)
• For Group News pages: ERM Group NewsVBC (Copy to create a new Section)

To upgrade customized microsite or Group News pages

1. In Siebel Tools, locate the applet for the microsite or Group News page that you want to upgrade. Write down the section code from the applet's search specification.
2. Locate the appropriate virtual business component:
   • For microsite pages: ERM Microsite Section VBC (Copy to create a new Section)
   • For Group News pages: ERM Group NewsVBC (Copy to create a new Section)
3. Copy this virtual business component and give the copy a new name.
4. Activate the new virtual business component.
5. In the new virtual business component's user properties, activate MicrositeSection. Set it equal to the section code from the applet.
6. Find the applet again and change its business component to the new virtual business component.
7. Delete the applet's search specification.
8. Change the applet's class to CSSSWEFrameListERMPageRender.
9. Add the new virtual business component to the views to which the applet belongs.
10. Recompile and deploy.

Additional information on upgrading microsite pages and Group News pages can be found in Bulletins on OracleMetalink 3.

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Upgrade Planning for Siebel Employee Relationship Management (ERM)