Overview of upgrading to this release

You can perform a new installation of this Oracle InForm software release, or you can upgrade to it from a previous version of the Oracle InForm 7.x software.

To perform a new installation, see the Installation Guide.

To upgrade to this release, perform the following steps, as needed:

• Upgrade the database environment– Use to upgrade to the Oracle 19c database software.

  For more information, see Upgrading the database environment.

• Upgrade the Oracle InForm studies:
  • On-premises environment upgrade – You can upgrade to this release from Oracle InForm 7.0.0.1, 7.0.1, and 7.0.1.1.

    For more information, see Migrating InForm studies to a new machine.

  • Hosted environment upgrade – You can only upgrade to this release from Oracle InForm 7.0.0.1, 7.0.1, and 7.0.1.1.
• Migrate the reporting environment (Optional) – You can migrate your reporting environment to the Oracle InForm 7.0.1.2 release from any Oracle InForm studies. This step is required only if you are using the Reporting and Analysis module.

  For more information, see Migrating the reports to a new machine.