Upgrading WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Analyst Edition
New tracks for WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Analyst Edition
(AE) require fresh installations. As a result, any previous versions
of WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE must be completely uninstalled.
Note: The WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE installer does
not prevent an upgrade existing installation option from being selected.
As a result, unsupported issues can occur, since the installer attempts
to automatically perform an uninstallation and reinstallation.
When uninstalling older versions of WebFOCUS Visual Discovery
AE, any files that have been added, modified, or customized since
the original installation will be left behind. Nevertheless, it
is recommended to create a backup of these files beforehand. Examples
of these files include any projects saved in the WebFOCUS Visual
Discovery AE Workbench, projects published to the WebFOCUS Visual
Discovery AE Server, or changes to the web.config properties file.
Once the installation of the new version of WebFOCUS Visual Discovery
AE Version is complete, all of the backed up files can be returned.
Files that were modified or customized, such as the web.config properties
file, would require any changes to be manually reapplied to the
new instance of that file.
The following are important considerations:
- Backup any files that have been added, modified, or customized
since the original installation. The following is not an all-inclusive
list, but identifies the top three file types to backup:
- Projects saved in the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE Workbench.
- Projects published to the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE Server.
Refer to the projects folder in the original installation.
- The web.config properties file for the server.
- Stop the Microsoft IIS Worker process (w3wp.exe running as a
Network Service). Otherwise, the Windows operating system may need
to be restarted.
- Browser cache may need to be cleared, which is typically found
to affect single self-contained environments. This is sometimes
experienced by viewing the splash screen, followed by a blank screen.
Try to reference the server differently to clear the browser cache
(for example, by IP Address) or enter the browser debugger and clear
the domain cache.
- It is required that all previously deployed projects built in
earlier versions of WebFOCUS Visual Discovery AE must be republished
between tracks. For example, between version 5.3 to version 6.1,
or between version 6.1 to version 7.2, and not between Version 6.1.2
and 6.1.3. This is a result of specific color enhancements made and
version stamp alignment.