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Siebel Database Upgrade Guide > Siebel Database Upgrade Planning > About the Siebel Postmerge UtilitiesEnvironments: Development environment only. Platforms: Windows, UNIX, IBM z/OS. You run the postmerge utilities after the repository merge completes. The postmerge utilities make revisions to objects in the New Customer Repository. The utilities are useful for identifying problems with UI customizations. The postmerge utilities are implemented as a framework. Each utility in the framework is a business service and is listed in Windows SIEBEL_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR is the directory where Siebel Tools is installed. The postmerge utilities are as follows:
CSSGridRepPatchThe layout of form applets is grid-based, rather than flow-based. Applet Form Web templates have several new properties: Grid Property, Row Span, and Col Span. In addition, the item identifier syntax changes to xxyyy, where xx is the grid row, and yyy is the grid column where the control is located. Regular merge. The utility identifies both customer-created and customer-modified applets and adjusts the properties of controls in them as follows:
ICL merge. (Applies only to applets where Upgrade Behavior is not set to Admin.) The utility does not convert these applets to grid-based. New and modified controls display in the correct locations. For upgrades from Siebel CRM version 7.7 or later, the utility makes no changes. The utility generates output to the CSSUINavUpgradeReposPrepAt Siebel CRM version 7.7, a declarative model for associating views with screens was introduced. The relationship between views and screens for all levels of navigation must be explicitly declared. Several new object properties for screens and views are introduced to support this. The new navigation scheme is applied to all screens and views for both regular and ICL merges. The utility runs after the repository merge in all upgrades. However, it is intended primarily for upgrades from releases prior to Siebel CRM version 7.7. After a regular or ICL merge, screens and views display as follows:
The utility scans all screen view definitions looking for orphaned views. It groups orphaned views under existing Categories. If no Category exists, then the utility creates one. This causes the orphaned views to display. For a regular merge, you must review customer-created and customer-modified screens and views to verify that views are correctly associated with screens. For an ICL merge, you must also review these screens and views. In addition, you must review all screens and views where Upgrade Behavior is set to Preserve or NULL. The utility generates output to the CSSMVGUpgradePatch77MVG applets with an M:M relationship to the underlying business component are configured as shuttle applets by default. The utility scans these MVG applets in the New Customer Repository and reconfigures them to display as shuttle applets:
The utility generates output to the CSSUIUpgradeReportsThis utility makes no changes to the New Customer Repository. Instead, it scans UI objects in the repository and lists problems that could not be resolved by the CSSUINavUpgradeReposPrep utility. The CSSUIUpgradeReports utility writes the report to The report has the following sections:
CSSWebTemplatePatchThis utility runs after an ICL merge. It does not run after a regular merge. The utility performs the following steps in the installation directory of the Siebel Tools that you used to perform the merge:
CSSWFRepPatchThis utility changes workflow step references from row-id references to name references for child objects of steps. This completes the process of migrating workflows to the repository at Siebel CRM version 7.7. This utility primarily affects upgrades from releases prior to Siebel CRM version 7.7. This utility does not write to the reputility.log. How the Postmerge Utilities Work the Upgrade Behavior PropertyThe postmerge utilities ignore the Upgrade Behavior property. They make changes to UI objects based on the object's characteristics rather than Upgrade Behavior setting. Related Topics |
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