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Upgrading a Repository

The Siebel Application Upgrader is a utility you can use to get new features from the latest software release while preserving the custom configuration you created in the current repository. It allows you to do the following:

• Compare your custom configuration to the modifications that a new Siebel CRM release contains.
• Receive notifications about conflicts that exist between customizations you make and the new release.
• Merge differences between objects.
• Choose the modifications to apply and manually override modifications.
• Reduce the time required to upgrade Siebel CRM.
• Merge versioned objects, including task UI objects and workflow processes. It copies version 1 through version n from the prior custom repository to the new custom repository. It merges version 0 from the prior repository with the new custom repository. This configuration results in version n + 1 in the new custom repository.

You can use the Application Upgrader to merge an entire custom repository with another repository. To merge only part of a repository, you must import the repository. For more information, see Exporting and Importing a Repository.

For more information about the Application Upgrader, see Siebel Database Upgrade Guide.

To upgrade a repository

1. Log in to Siebel Tools.
2. Choose the Tools menu, Upgrade, and then click Upgrade Application.
3. In the Merge Repositories dialog box, choose the repositories to merge, and then click Merge.

   Siebel Tools does the following:

   • Starts the upgrade.
   • Displays any differences that exist between objects and properties.
   • Displays any differences that exist between objects and properties for different versions of task UIs and workflow processes.