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About the Postmerge Utilities

Upgrades: All upgrades.

Environments: Development environment only.

The postmerge utilities start automatically after the merge is complete. The postmerge utilities make revisions to layout objects from the Prior Customer Repository that have been added to the New Customer Repository:

• User interface navigation. Release 7.7 introduced a revised method for UI navigation. The postmerge utilities make revisions to new or customized layout objects from the Prior Customer Repository to integrate them into the new UI navigation scheme.
• Multi-Value group applets. The postmerge utilities enable the shuttle feature for multi-value group (MVG) applets. MVG applets must meet the criteria described in Configuring Siebel eBusiness Applications for MVG shuttle applets.
• Flow-Based applets. The postmerge utilities convert many flow-based form applets to grid-based applets. If you have customized a form applet by adding fields and controls, the postmerge utilities place these at the bottom of the applet. You must reposition them after the merge.

How the Postmerge Utilities Work with Objects with Upgrade Ancestors

The postmerge utilities do not use the Upgrade Behavior property. This includes the following changes:

• Enabling the shuttle feature for MVG applets
• Converting applets to grid-based layout.

The postmerge utilities make these changes to applets based on their characteristics rather than upgrade behavior. For a full description of the characteristics applets must have before these changes can be applied, see Configuring Siebel eBusiness Applications.

Related Topics

About the Repository Merge

About Inheriting Upgrade Behavior