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Upgrading Repositories

The Siebel Application Upgrader reduces the time and cost of version upgrades by allowing you to acquire new features from the latest release while preserving the custom configuration changes made to the current repository. It notifies system administrators about conflicts between object customizations and new releases, automatically merges differences between objects, and allows you to manually override and apply any changes.

The Siebel Application Upgrader allows you to upgrade custom configurations to new releases by merging them with a current Siebel Business software release. This capability minimizes the cost of application upgrades and allows you to quickly deploy production versions of Siebel Business Applications.

The Application Upgrader allows you to accomplish the following:

• Determine what has changed with new releases of Siebel Business Applications.
• Compare custom configurations with new changes delivered in a new Siebel release.
• Choose which changes to apply, whether made by your company's developers or by Oracle in the new release.
• Merge versioned objects—tasks and workflow processes.

  Versions 1 through n from the prior customized repository are copied to the new customized repository. They are merged with version 0 from both the prior standard repository and the new customized repository; the result becomes version n + 1 in the new customized repository.

NOTE:  The Application Upgrader is for merging an entire customized repository with a standard one. To merge portions of repositories, use the Import/Export or Patch features.

For more information about the Application Upgrader, see the Siebel Database Upgrade Guide for the operating system you are using.

To upgrade a Siebel Business Application

1. From the Tools menu, choose Upgrade > Upgrade Application.

   The Application Upgrader appears, with the Merge Repositories dialog box active.
2. Choose the repositories to merge, and then click Merge.

   The upgrade process begins, with object and attribute differences being shown in their respective windows.

   NOTE:  Object and attribute differences between different versions of tasks and workflows will also be shown.