CISTECH Upgrade Assistant

Making your XA7.8 upgrade easier!

Ruth A. PharrSr. Technical ConsultantCISTECH, Inc.

Product Overview

Identifies XA files and programs used by custom code.

Determines if these XA objects have changed by comparing the Current and Target Release environments.

Provides analysis and prioritization tool to quickly determine what changes require in depth analysis, those that require simple recompile, and those that can be ignored.

Can be used for release upgrades, PCM applications, migrating to the Power Architecture…

RequirementsOS/400 V4R5 and laterMAPICS XA R2 and higherMicrosoft ExcelClient Access for file transferCustom objects are not in MAPICS librariesCustom objects reside in iSeries libraries Sufficient disk space available

What changes can UA be used for?

Release UpgradesPCM UpdatesChange Applications

How it Works

Analyzes your custom libraries

For each object, it identifies referenced objects

Determines if objects belong to MAPICS

Determines if the MAPICS object has changed between current and target environments

Sets the recommended action based on findings

IDs Custom EnhancementsModified MAPICS programs

Custom programs that use or update MAPICS data

Trigger Programs linked to MAPICS files

Integrator customizations

Logical files built over MAPICS physical files

Queries that use MAPICS files

Hard coding of libraries found in custom CL programs

Types of Objects

RPG (any level)CL ILESQLRPGQueriesFiles

Benefits Quickly identifies what customizations will be affected by

changes to XA in the new release, reducing time and effort of analysis.

Many companies aren’t sure how many customizations they have, what or where they are, or what XA objects they use. Upgrade Assistant identifies affected objects quickly, potentially saving significant time and money.

Establishes priorities for the upgrade effort. You can focus on getting critical work done and not waste time analyzing code that is not affected by the new release, minimizing risks and saving time and money.

Identifies changes that will not work in the new environment, again minimizing upgrade risk, time and cost.

Customer SuccessBlum:

Before Upgrade Assistant:-3500 Custom Objects-Paid outside programmer to code changes-Took that programmer 6 months

After Upgrade Assistant-Upgraded from in 3 weeks-Decreased time and cost by 75%

Customer Success

“It has been difficult for our small staff to upgrade XA due to extensive custom programs and reports. With Upgrade Assistant we were able to upgrade in less than a month, using significantly less resources than required by previous upgrades.”

Donna Filer-AGI

“Kason has a considerable investment in custom enhancements and reports that tailor XA to our specific requirements. But these modifications have restricted our ability to take advantage of new XA features. Upgrade Assistant and the CISTECH services team provided a cost-effective solution to identify and update affected objects. I recommend this solution to other XA customers”

Roger Sharp-Kason Industries

How UA Helps You!If you are like most XA customers you are planning an upgrade

to R7.8CISTECH gives you valuable tools to make your 7.8 upgrade

easy!

– Upgrade Assistant Tool - $4,500 (includes SW & UA Training) – you do the migration yourself.

OR CHOOSE– CISTECH’s Migration Bundle for $9,500 – Flat fee migration

assistance. On site migration (test and production), Link Manager training and use of the Upgrade Assistant Tool!

UA Overview

CUA Reports

•SYSCTL comparison – Identifies deleted and new records

•Data Area content listings for comparison

•Data Base File Comparison Listings

How UA Helps You!If you are like most XA customers you are planning an upgrade

to R7.8CISTECH gives you valuable tools to make your 7.8 upgrade

easy!

– Upgrade Assistant Tool - $4,500 (includes SW & UA Training) – you do the migration yourself.

OR CHOOSE– CISTECH’s Migration Bundle for $9,500 – Flat fee migration

assistance. On site migration (test and production), Link Manager training and use of the Upgrade Assistant Tool!

UPGRADE ASSISTANT:

MAKES YOUR XAR7 UPGRADE: EASIERFASTERLESS EXPENSIVELESS RISKY

CISTECH CONTACTSApplication Brief www.cistech.net (XA Enhancements)

Ben McCormick (704) 814-0016ben.mccormick@cistech.net

Ruth Anne Pharr (704)814-0007ruth.pharr@cistech.net

Denise Luther (704) 814-0017denise.luther@cistech.net

Thank You!