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Supported Upgrade Paths

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Upgrade Guide provides instructions for upgrading to Oracle Business Intelligence Applications version 7.9 from the previous versions of Siebel Analytics beginning with version 7.5.x.

The major stages of the upgrade process are the same for each of these upgrade paths, except for the upgrade from version 7.5.x. The upgrade from version 7.5.x requires that you upgrade your data warehouse schema and migrate your data first from version 7.5.x to 7.7, and then upgrade your schema and migrate your data from version 7.7. to 7.9.

You can upgrade directly to Oracle Business Intelligence Applications versions 7.9 from any of the previous versions listed below.

• Siebel Business Analytics 7.7
• Siebel Business Analytics 7.7.1.x
• Siebel Business Analytics 7.8.x
• Siebel Business Analytics for Life Sciences 7.8.0, 7.8.1, and 7.8.2

  NOTE:  To upgrade from Life Sciences version 7.8.3 or 7.8.4, follow the upgrade instructions for Siebel Business Analytics 7.8.x.