Analyzing the Sterling Business Center user interface upgrade

Before upgrading the Sterling Business Center user interface, analyze the impact of the upgrade by using the analysis reports.

Several reports, which can be used to analyze the impact of the user interface upgrade on certain Sterling Business Center components, are provided on the IBM Support Portal. The various reports can be accessed from the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file that is available in the Foundation_upgrade_reports.zip file under the Foundation_upgrade_reports folder.

Client-side bundles report

This report provides the changes performed in the bundle files such as sbc_bundle.js, sbcformatted_bundle.js, sbcsentence_bundle.js and sbcmessage_bundle.js.

To view the bundle entry changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the CSS hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the resource bundle entries affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Server-side properties report

This report provides the changes performed in the server-side properties file, namely, sbcbundle.properties file.

To view the property file changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the Server-Side Properties Report hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the property files affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Cascading style sheet report

This report provides the changes performed to the properties of the CSS class files.

To view the cascading style sheet (CSS) changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the Css Report hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the CSS affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Struts report

This report provides the changes performed in the struts class, input and output namespaces of mashups, and result jsp. This report highlights the portion of the contents modified in a particular action.

To view the Struts action changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the Struts Report hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the Struts action affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Mashups report

This report provides the changes performed around an API and the output template. This report highlights the portion of the contents modified in a particular mashup.

To view the Mashup changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the Mashups Report hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the Mashup affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

JSBs report

This report provides the changes performed in the JSB target. This report highlights the files that have been added, modified, or removed from a particular target.

To view the JSB changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the JSBs Report hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the JSB targets affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Screen SCI ID report

This report provides the list of all the SCI IDs that have been added or deleted for a screen. This is very important for the customers who have made some customizations to the modified screens.

To view the SCI ID changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the Screen SCI ID hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the SCI IDs affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Advanced search report

This report provides the updates of the attributes that are used in advanced search.

To view the advanced search metadata changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the Advanced Search Report hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the advanced search metadata affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Related tasks report

This report provides the updates on the related tasks.

To view the related task metadata changes between Release 9.5 and Release 10.0, click the Related Tasks Report hyperlink in the sbc_upgrade_analysis_reports.html file.

If the changes made to the related task metadata affect any custom screens, change your customized code.

Factory setup changes

As a part of the upgrade, the factory setup installer.xml file is generated that contains the list of changes required for the upgrade.