Generating Composite Reports

Before generating composite reports, consider the following:

  • Compare report output (.PRT files and .IDX files) generated from the previous version must exist in an accessible directory. All reports must exist in the same directory, and the report file names must not have changed since they were originally generated.

  • The previous compare reports must have been generated on applications running on at least PeopleTools 8.1x. Compare reports generated by PeopleTools versions prior to 8.1x, such as PeopleTools 7.x or 7.5x are not supported.

  • Composite reports should only be generated when necessary, as in during the Enterprise upgrade process. Generating composite reports can be time consuming and can cause performance degradation.

  • If you have selected Generate Browser Reports on the Report Options tab in the Upgrade Options dialog box, the system also generates browser reports for the composite reports. To view the composite reports in the browser, click the Composite Report tab in the Report Viewer.

  • Any filtering options you've set on the Report Filter tab in the Upgrade Options dialog box also apply to the composite reports.

To generate a composite report:

  1. Make sure that the compare reports generated from your previous release exist and reside in an accessible directory.

  2. Launch Application Designer and sign on to the delivered PeopleSoft demonstration database.

  3. Select Tools, and then Compare and Report, and then To Database.

  4. On the Compare and Report dialog box, select Options.

  5. On the Upgrade Options dialog box, select the Report Options tab.

  6. Select the Generate Composite Reports check box, which activates the Old Release Report Output Directory and Old Release Source Database Name edit boxes.

  7. In the Old Release Report Output Directory edit box, enter the directory where the compare reports generated from your previous database reside.

  8. In the Old Release Source Database Name edit box, enter the name of your original, source database (which is typically the PeopleSoft demonstration database from the previous release), and click OK.

    At this point, the process is identical to running a typical compare report. When the report completes, Application Designer displays both reports: the regular compare report and the composite report for each type of definition compared.

Note:

The naming convention for composite reports is similar to compare reports, only the prefix for composite report file names is "Cmp". For example, the naming convention for composite reports is Cmp<number><definition>, as in Cmp05Pages.prt and Cmp05Pages.idx.