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Our Team likely to Upgrade WebFOCUS 8 Due to some Client Reason from WebFOCUS 7.7.03,And i've been assigned for this project, Would Like to here from you people Regarding Which is the Most Stable version of WebFOCUS 8 (8.0.02,8.0.03., etc) on LINUX in Windows 7
And i would like to hear Considerations b4 up gradation ?

Thanks in Advance for your Time and Knowledge!!!

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WebFOCUS 7.7.03
Soon WF 8.1.03
 
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If you are considering an upgrade at this point in time then you also need to be looking at version 8.103.


Alan.
WF 7.705/8.007
 
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Thanks Alan,

I would like to hear regarding ADAPTER Versions that Support WF 8.103

i.e.,SAP, Oracle,DB2,PROGRESS,Ms SQL etc.,(versions of these which fits well in WF 8.103)


WebFOCUS 7.7.03
Soon WF 8.1.03
 
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Sanravi,

I am running WF 8.0.08 and I find it to be relatively stable. There have been a few things here and there that I have had to patch, but I'm pretty pleased with it. With that being said, I expect 8.1.03 to be stable as well, as I believe most, if not all of the large architectural changes have been stabilized. Also there are some value added improvements in 8.1.03 (I believe app studio is more stable among new functionality that can be useful). If I were just starting my upgrade now, I believe I would go with the latest and greatest at this point (I believe 8.2 is supposed to be out around summit. Might be worth thinking about that).

With that being said, I would also make sure I did a sandbox install at least one month before you begin any upgrade. Do a practice conversion (Converting is a big deal and there are multiple ways to go about it), and also explore the tool. I find this the best way to understand what I'm getting myself into. Before I went to 8.0.08, I installed a sandbox version that I experimented with for at least 2 months before I started converting all of my reports over.

As for adapters, what are you trying to understand? I use the Oracle adapter and I find it is better then 7.7.03. Any adapters that you had in 7.7.03 are still available in 8.x and will most likely have had a series of improvements made to it (I can't speak to a lot of the other adapters because I don't use them, but if they update one RDBMS adapter, I would assume they would update the others too).


Eric Woerle
8.1.05M Gen 913- Reporting Server Unix
8.1.05 Client Unix
Oracle 11.2.0.2
 
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Eric,

Thanks a Tonn!!! but one last thing,

Which version of ORACLE you are using in WebFocus8.0.08 ?
and May i know which version of SAP and MySQL will Support Webfocus 8x ?


WebFOCUS 7.7.03
Soon WF 8.1.03
 
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Eric -- It was unclear from your post whether you are using App Studio or Dev Studio in version 8. Are you using App Studio? If so, how is that and how is the response time?

Thanks


Vivian Perlmutter
Aviter, Inc.


WebFOCUS Keysheet Rel. 8.0.2
(Almost) 1001 Ways to Work with Dates thru Rel. 8.0.2
Focus since 1982
WebFOCUS since the beginning
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We are on 8.00.8 and it is pretty stable. Been on it for over a year. App Studio is buggy in this version.


WebFOCUS 8.1.05
 
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Thanks Matt & Vivian Smiler
 
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I have/had cases open regarding Dev Studio, App Studio, ibi_aps, Active Reports, Accordion Reports, Excel reports. Other than these, it's stable.


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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Vivian,

I don't use app studio. As MattC points out, its buggy in this version. I do all of my work in dev studio. I don't seem to have as many issues as Francis apparently is though.


Eric Woerle
8.1.05M Gen 913- Reporting Server Unix
8.1.05 Client Unix
Oracle 11.2.0.2
 
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