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Depending on your needs, application rollout timelines, and company upgrade policies, you can choose to migrate all WebFOCUS Version 7 content at once (full migration) or you may choose to migrate on a per application basis (phased migration).
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A full migration is when you migrate all your WebFOCUS Version 7 applications at once with the intent that all applications will go live with WebFOCUS Version 8 at the same time, and WebFOCUS Version 7 is retired. This type of migration may be suitable if:
The following are considerations when choosing a full migration:
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A phased migration is when you migrate application by application or subsets of applications at a time. Customers whose WebFOCUS Version 7 instances host applications that have different migration schedules can implement a phased migration.
This type of migration may be suitable if:
The following are considerations when choosing a phased migration:
Regardless of which type of migration you choose, you may need a Staging environment to migrate in-flight reports.
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