Understanding Special Jobs
There are a number of special jobs that must be executed after the JD Edwards World Software Update is installed. The initial starting point for these special jobs is menu G97DIRMIG. Options on this menu are categorized as Migration Preparation, Application Conversions, and Technical Conversions. You must run all Migration Preparation and Technical Conversion jobs on the menu.
The starting menu for customers migrating from A73 CU 9 through A73 CU 14 or A73 CU 16 is G97UY2.
The starting menu for customers migrating from A73 CU 15 is G97UY1.
You must also run all application conversion jobs for the applications you have installed. Many of these jobs have reports that must be reviewed before continuing to subsequent tasks. If you do not have data in the file affected by the special job you might receive a joblog stating that there are no records.
Each job has a menu message. For the Application Conversion jobs, there should be information regarding who should run the job, what the job needs, and why the job should be run. Read the menu messages carefully before executing the job.
The order in which you execute the Special Jobs is:
Read Me First.
Migration Database Analyzer.
Miscellaneous File Validation.
EnterpriseOne DB Initializer.
Run any jobs under APPLICATION CONVERSIONS for systems you have installed.
Data Dictionary Comparison.
User Defined Code Merge.
Automated Acctg Instr Merge.
Next Numbers Conversion.
Update Generic Text Keys.
Update * Account Key F00163.
Generic Text Synchronization.
CCSID 65535 Conversion.
Migration Business Data Copy.
The “Technical Conversions" section in this chapter discusses all technical conversion jobs. Read either the Helps or the appropriate sections of this guide for all technical conversions. To access the helps, on the command line, enter HELP <xx>, where <xx> is the menu option.
For the application conversion jobs, refer to the menu messages for the details of each job.