Upgrading reports from version 7.5.1
Before upgrading reports from version 7.5.1, make sure that you complete all the upgrade prerequisites. IBM® EMM reporting is no longer provided in a separate web application such as in Affinium Reports 7.5.x.
About this task
Important: You cannot upgrade eMessage reports
version 7.5.1 to 9.1. For eMessage, you must first install reports
version 8.6.0.4, and then upgrade to version 9.1.
When you install
the IBM Cognos® reports archive from the reports package,
you run an upgrade script that preserves your customizations to the Cognos data mode. However, you
must replace the 7.5.1 reports with the new reports. Most of the older
reports are compatible with the upgraded Cognos models, the new reports packages include
new and enhanced reports, and most of the packages also contain Dashboard reports.
The only way to obtain the new or enhanced reports is to install the
new reports archive, which overwrites the existing reports.Therefore, you have the following options for upgrading
your reports:
- Back up the old reports, install the new reports, and then re-create your customizations by using the old reports for reference.
- Back up the old reports and install the new reports. Compare the new reports to your old reports and examine your customizations. If you are certain that a customized report functions properly with the new data model, copy the old customized report back into the reports folder.
Note: The 7.5.1 version of the Campaign Performance by Cell
reports and the Offer Performance Summary by Campaign reports do not
function at all without manual intervention. Additionally, the new
versions of many of the old reports include enhancements and minor
bug fixes. To obtain the changes, you must use the new versions of
the reports.
Procedure
You must complete the following steps to upgrade reports
from version 7.5.1: