1. Database Upgrade Guide
  2. About the Siebel Postmerge Utilities

About the Siebel Postmerge Utilities

Environments: Development environment only.

Platforms: Windows, UNIX, IBM z/OS.

You run the postmerge utilities after the repository merge completes.

The postmerge utilities make revisions to objects in the New Customer Repository. The utilities are useful for identifying problems with user interface customizations.

The postmerge utilities are implemented as a framework. Each utility in the framework is a business service and is listed in reputility.xml:

Windows: $SIEBEL_HOME\reppatch\reputility.xml

The postmerge utilities are as follows:

  • CSSGridRepPatch. Converts customized applet controls to grid-based layout.

  • CSSUINavUpgradeReposPrep. Converts customized screens to the Siebel CRM version 7.7 user interface navigation scheme.

  • CSSMVGUpgradePatch77. Enables the shuttle feature in customized MVGs.

  • CSSUIUpgradeReports. Lists unresolved problems in converting customized screens and views to the Siebel CRM version 7.7 user interface navigation scheme.

  • CSSWFRepPatch. For workflows, this utility changes step references from row-id references to name references for child objects of steps.