Upgrading reports from version 7.5.1

Before upgrading reports from version 7.5.1, make sure that you have completed all the upgrade prerequisites. IBM® EMM reporting is no longer provided in a separate web application such as in Affinium Reports 7.5.x.

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. Although the majority 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 recreate 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 will function properly with the new data model, copy the old customized report back into the reports folder.

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.

1.	You must complete the following steps tup upgrade reports from version 7.5.1:

2.	Upgrade the 7.5.1 model and install the new reports.

3.	Updating the old Campaign Performance by Cell reports.

4.	Updating the old Campaign Performance by Cell reports.

Each step is explained in a separate section.