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Running the Siebel Web Client Migration Wizard

Upgrades: Release 6.2.1 only.

Environments: Development environment only.

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

This topic describes how to use the Siebel Web Client Migration Wizard to batch-migrate your new and modified applets and views to Release 8.0.

For more information on migrating created or modified applets and views to the Siebel Web Client, see About Migrating to the Siebel Web Client.

Requirements

Before running the Siebel Web Client Migration Wizard, complete the following tasks:

• Complete the repository merge successfully.
• Identify model applets and model views. See Identifying What Will Be Migrated. This task is optional.
• Expose hidden properties on objects. See Exposing Hidden Properties of Applets and Views.

Related Topic

Running the Web Layout Wizard

To run the Siebel Web Client Migration Wizard

1. In Siebel Tools, navigate to Screens > Application Upgrader > Application Upgrade Object List.
2. In the Application Upgrades list, select the record of the merge.
3. Select Tools > Upgrade > Web Client Migration.

   This starts the Siebel Web Client Migration Wizard. The model applet selection screen appears.
4. Select the types of applets and views that you want to migrate:
   • New applets
   • New views
   • Modified applets
   • Modified views
5. To continue, click Next.
6. Select a model applet for each applet type.

   You can accept the recommended default values or select an alternate value.

   By default, the maximum number of visible list columns is 40.
   Also by default, the option to Skip Applets that are already Web enabled is selected. This option preserves prior customizations if you have an existing customer application that uses Web templates.

   To continue, click Next.

7. Select a model view for each category of view:
   • View with one applet
   • View with two or more applets
   • Views containing tree applets

     You can use any view of the appropriate category as a model view. The information used by the Siebel Web Client Migration Wizard includes the templates to be used and the applet modes to use for the View Web Template Items.

     By default, the option to Skip Views that are already Web enabled is selected. This option preserves prior customizations if you have an existing customer application that uses Web templates.

8. To start the migration, click Next.

   When the wizard completes, it appends the following to the Comments field of objects that it has migrated:

   • MigN. Indicates new applets or views that have been migrated.
   • MigM. Indicates modified applets or views that have been migrated.