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Planning 9.x to 10 Upgrades
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Planning 9.x to 10 Upgrades
Get insight on considerations and
options for preparation and planning
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Are you running
Aras Innovator 9.3
or above today?
First Things First
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Agenda
Review of the existing upgrade process
Technology overview for Version 10
Challenges
Upgrade process for Version 10
How to get started
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Subscriber Upgrade Process
1. Subscriber submits upgrade request to Aras Support
2. Aras Support creates a preliminary schedule
3. Subscriber submits upgrade materials and database
to Aras Support
4. Aras kicks off the Upgrade Project
5. Subscriber freezes customizations in production,
end users continue working normally
6. Aras performs the upgrade and tests the results
7. Three cycles of customer testing / bug fixing
8. Production cutover
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Typical 9.x to 9.x Upgrade
4-5 week duration, including three test passes
All custom scripting must be frozen at the beginning
Subscriber stays live on old release until cutover day
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Aras Innovator Version 10
Client modernization based on HTML5 technology
Support for Mac OS X and Firefox browsers
Look & Feel consistent with previous versions
Replaces .NET controls with Dojo-based controls
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10 Technology Details
Direct port of existing client
All HTML, CSS and Javascript modified to support multiple
browsers and client operating systems
.NET controls for grids, trees, menus, etc. replaced
with Dojo-based equivalents
Dojo control library mapped well with Aras library
Existing APIs retained wherever possible
New features and APIs built into Dojo controls
Small browser plugin required
Needed for access to the file system
Public Client API will be provided
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Upgrade Challenges
IE-specific HTML, Javascript and CSS in custom
solutions
Direct access to the XML DOM
Commonly used methods like SelectSingleNode() and
SelectNodes() are IE-only
Replacements provided for commonly used methods
Frame Navigation
Frames eliminated from client for Version 10
Navigation using frame collections (e.g.
top.document.frames[2]) will not work
APIs provided to replace this style of navigation
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Upgrade Process for V10
Subscribers must get to 9.4 or above before moving
to 10 with Upgrade Services
Browser and client OS combinations must be
documented
Otherwise , the process is exactly the same as before
Aras performs the upgrade as part of the subscription
Subscriber is responsible for test cases and acceptance
testing
Total project duration is expected to increase slightly
By approximately 1 week more
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Getting Started
Aras Innovator 10.0 is targeted for September, 2013
BETA2 available now to subscribers and partners
Make sure your IT infrastructure is ready
Older operating system and browser versions no longer
supported
Know which combinations you want to support
Start testing your solutions
Import existing packages to test
Replace IE-specific code where possible
Comment any code that cannot yet be converted
Schedule your upgrade early