Siebel Innovation Pack 2017: What's New in This Release

What's New in This Release

What's New in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017, Rev. B

This guide has been updated to correct or remove obsolete product and component terms.

What's New in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017, Rev. A

Table 1 lists the changes described in this version of the documentation to support this release of the software.

NOTE: Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 is a continuation of the Siebel 8.1/8.2 release. This guide is for upgrading to Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 (version 17.0).

Table 1. What's New in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017, Rev. A
Topic	Description
Supported Upgrade Paths for Siebel CRM Version 17.0	Modified topic. Added additional information about Siebel Runtime Repository.
About Siebel Upgrade Environments	Modified topic. Added additional information about the production environment.
About the Siebel Repository Merge	Modified topic. Added information about the Siebel Runtime Repository tables.
Upgrade Planning for Siebel RC4 or AES Encryption	Modified topic. Added information about updating the .cfg file before running the Key Database Manager. Added a reference to 2104053.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support.
Example of a Siebel Development Environment Upgrade Flow	Modified topic. Added additional information about the encryption upgrade in Table 17.
Fixing Column Alignment for Custom Objects	Modified topic. Added additional information about the Fixing Column Alignment for the Custom Objects Utility.
Inactivating Unreferenced Repository Objects	Modified topic. Added additional information about the Inactivating Unreferenced Repository Objects Utility.
Converting Siebel Web Templates with the SWT to OD Conversion Utility	Modified topic. Added additional information about the Siebel Web Templates with the SWT to OD Conversion Utility.
Generating the Runtime Repository Data	Modified topic. Added additional information about Full Publish in Siebel Tools.
Regenerating the Siebel Repository Definition Files	Modified topic. Added additional information about an additional custrep_dev.dat that contains the entire development repository.
Upgrading a Custom Database Schema	Modified topic. Added additional information about the physical encryption upgrade and enabling a workspace in Table 27.
Roadmap for Siebel Database Environment Upgrade	Modified topic. Updated Figure 9 with additional information about Full Publish in Siebel Tools.
"Incorporate Custom Layout"	Removed topic. For Siebel Innovation Pack 2017, the Incorporate Custom Layout merge is not applicable for an Incremental Repository Merge.
"Assigning an Item Identifier to Siebel Web Template Items"	Removed topic for Siebel Innovation Pack 2017.

This guide has been updated to correct or remove obsolete product and component terms.

What's New in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017

Table 2 lists the changes described in this version of the documentation to support this release of the software.

NOTE: Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 is a continuation of the Siebel 8.1/8.2 release. This guide is for upgrading to Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 (version 17.0).

Table 2. What's New in Siebel Database Upgrade Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017
Topic	Description
Copying Ancestor Repositories	Modified topic. Corrected the part number, patch ID, some version number references, and other content to be consistent with cases for upgrading to Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 (version 17.0). Added the ancestor repository file r160.dat.
Supported Upgrade Paths for Siebel CRM Version 17.0 Multiple topics	New or modified topics. The current release for this guide is Siebel Innovation Pack 2017 (version 17.0). You can upgrade to Siebel CRM version 17.0 from applicable prior Siebel CRM releases, including Siebel CRM version 8.1.1.x, version 8.2.2.x, version 15.x, or version 16.x. The upgrade tasks for this release are similar to those for previous releases.
"Supported Upgrade Paths for Siebel CRM Version 16.0"	Deleted topic. This guide documents upgrades to the current version, Siebel CRM version 17.0.
Multiple topics	Modified topics. Siebel Repository Files (SRF) are no longer used, as of Siebel Innovation Pack 2017. The Siebel Runtime Repository is used instead. For more information, see Using Siebel Tools.
Fixing Column Alignment for Custom Objects	New topic. Provides information about using the Fixing Column Alignment for the Custom Objects Utility.
Inactivating Unreferenced Repository Objects	New topic. Provides information about using the Inactivating Unreferenced Repository Objects Utility.
Converting Siebel Web Templates with the SWT to OD Conversion Utility	New topic. Provides information about using the Converting Siebel Web Templates with the SWT to OD Conversion Utility.
Planning for a Dev to Test to Production Using Siebel Migration	New Chapter. Provides information about planning for a database migration using Siebel Application Interface.
Preparing Data for a Siebel Migration	New Chapter. Provides information about preparing data for a migration using Siebel Application Interface.
Migrating Data for a Dev to Test to Production with Siebel Migration	New Chapter. Provides information about using Siebel Application Interface to migrate database data from a source environment to a target environment.
REST API References for Migration Services	New Appendix. Provides examples for using REST API to discover migration services.

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