1. Review the release notes and upgrade guide
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R4J version | Upgrade guide | Supporting articles / Important notes |
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Old permissions are still supported in this version along with new permissions. The new permissions are not compatible to lower versions. | ||
Breaking change: Tree view data after the migration are not compatible to lower versions. R4J 4.6.x vs 4.7.x performance benchmark results Loading issues and errors encountered after tree data migration | ||
“Expand all“ is removed. The feature comes back at 4.8.0. | ||
Breaking change: Revision data from this version are not compatible to lower versions. Summary of functions affected by revisions restructure in R4J 4.5 | ||
Breaking change: Coverage view filters modified and created from this version are not supported in lower versions. Coverage view filter migration. Already EOL. If further support is needed, contact our service desk. |
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Based on your reviews done, do a quick check how the plugin works on your test and/or staging instance.
We strongly recommend to have having a test or staging instance setup, which is as similar as possible to your production instance. This includes server and database configuration and properties, user/admin permissions, as well as a copy of the production data.
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