8 Upgrading to a New Dictionary Version
To upgrade to a new version of a vendor-supplied dictionary that you have already defined and loaded, you need to load the new version into the Oracle Thesaurus Management System (TMS) database.
You can use TMS reports to analyze the impact that the new version will have on your VTAs and omissions. You can then make changes—primarily reclassifications—while the new dictionary version is still in the predictionary tables, avoiding problems during and after Activation. A TMS job, Autoprocess VTAs, can correct many problems automatically. You can also correct problems manually.
To run impact reports and make changes in the predict tables, you must have the role TMS_DICTUPG_PRIV. When you have this role, you see a new menu item called Dictionary Upgrade.
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