Understanding and Obtaining the Manifest

Key to using the impact analysis tool to determine the impact of a Simplified Upgrade is the manifest. This is the F96400.xml file that the impact analysis tool loads into the F96400 table. The impact analysis compares the objects in the manifest table (F96400) with Electronic Software Update (ESU) and Object Librarian (OL) tables to determine if the objects should be replaced or merged with or without custom modifications as defined by the spec merge rules.

Manifests are available for supported JD Edwards EnterpriseOne releases, which are Applications Release 9.0.2 and 9.1. You can obtain manifests by these methods:

• Latest Planner Update ESU

  The manifest (F96400.xml) file is located in the ..\PLANNER\Data subdirectory on the Deployment Server on which the latest Planner Update was applied. For example:

  Release 9.0.2

  c:\JDEdwards\E900\PLANNER\Data

  Release 9.1

  c:\JDEdwards\E910\PLANNER\Data

• Update Center

  The manifests for the supported previous releases are available on the JD Edwards Update Center (updatecenter.oracle.com).

  1. From the Update Center, complete these fields in the Search criteria:

     • Type

       Use the pulldown to select: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.

     • Release

       Enter the Applications Release for the manifest from which you are upgrading. Valid values are 9.0 and 9.1.

  2. Click the Search button.

  3. In the displayed results, locate and download the zip file that contains the manifest for your selected release.

     • For Release 9.0.2, the Name is: E920_Manifest_902.

     • For Release 9.1, the Name is: E920_Manifest_910.

  4. Extract the contents of the zip file and note the location of the extracted F96400.xml file. You will need to supply a path to this file when you run the Impact Analysis Program.