The following are upgrade considerations and product changes for the Business Intelligence Portal:

• As a result of architecture changes in WebFOCUS Business Intelligence Portals and Favorites between WebFOCUS Release 8.0.x and WebFOCUS Release 8.1.x, conversion of existing WebFOCUS Release 8.0.x Portals and Favorites is required. This conversion may be performed automatically during the upgrade process or manually using conversion utilities after the upgrade is complete. For more information about running the conversion utilities manually, see in Converting WebFOCUS Portals and Favorites When Upgrading in the WebFOCUS and ReportCaster Installation and Configuration manual for your operating system.

  Important: Before installing WebFOCUS Release 8.1 Version 03, it is strongly recommended that you back up your existing WebFOCUS Release 8.0.x Repository database.

• If you are using WebFOCUS Release 8.1 with the Oracle WebLogic Application Server, you must upgrade to version 12.1.1.0.6.