Upgrading the LDI Designer

To upgrade the LDI Designer, you uninstall the existing version of LDI and install the new one. You can still use your existing workspace after you install the LDI Designer version 2.2.x.

If you have custom plug-ins deployed to LDI 2.1, you should back up the plug-ins before beginning the LDI upgrade. You can reload them after the LDI upgrade.

To upgrade the LDI Designer:

Uninstall the LDI Designer version 2.1. For information, see the Latitude Installation Guide, version 2.1. After you uninstall, the workspace you used for creating your Latitude graphs should remain in place on the server.
Install the LDI Designer version 2.2.x. For information, see the Latitude Installation Guide, version 2.2.x.
Start the LDI Designer and point it to use the workspace you used for your Latitude graphs.

Now you have upgraded to the new version of the LDI Designer. However, do not run your existing graphs until you have made changes to them that are required for the Latitude release version 2.2.x.

After the upgrade, you can proceed to making changes to your existing Latitude graphs.

If you are reloading a custom plug-in, keep in mind that the installation path of LDI has changed. For example, on Windows the 2.1.x default installation path has changed from

C:\Program Files (x86)\CloverETL Designer

to this 2.2.2 default path

C:\Endeca\Latitude\2.2.2\DataIntegrator

Because LDI would still be referencing the customcomponents.xml at the previous location, it will have to be updated to the new location in the 2.2 version of the Designer.