Completely remove software V8.1

When removing the software the catalogs in the DATA directory remain untouched.

The MS-SQL server will also be removed. The PLINKDB data remain the same.^[12]

Remove

Install V9 without catalogs

Now install PARTsolutions Version 9.02 (or higher).

For the Standards selection click on Select none.

Do not install standard catalogs at this point

Migration assistant

The old DIN_EN_ISO catalogs are not displayed in the PARTdataManager directly after installation.

PARTdataManager before carrying out the migration assistant

Migrate the V8 catalogs to V9. Use the migration assistant under PARTadmin -> Category Catalog update -> Migration. See Section 1.1.3.3.4, “ Migration ” in PARTsolutions / PARTcommunity4Enterprise - Administration Manual.

Click on Refresh list. Select all V8 catalogs. Click on Start migration.

Start migration

Migration completed successfully

Now, the old DIN_EN_ISO catalog is displayed again in the PARTdataManager. However, still without the links to the ERP data.

Catalog data still without ERP connections

Update LinkDB

With V9.02 (or higher) the database structure is automatically adjusted to the structure of V9.02 (or higher) for the MS-SQL server 2005 during the installation routine (from V81.06 to V9.01).^[13] You can find the script on the installation DVD under ...\tools\databases\MSSQL\plinkdb_patch.sql.

For other database systems, please adjust these scripts and carry out manually.

In case you updated the MS-SQL server onto a higher version, you may make the basic settings for the database via ...\tools\databases\MSSQL\plinkdb_reuse.sql. Please adjust the scripts before carrying them out.

In the PARTlinkManager in the "Catalogs" context menu, execute the Update structure table.

Update structure table

Install DIN, EN, ISO catalogs

Now install the current V9 catalogs DIN, EN and ISO.

You can do this via PARTadmin and the online variant.

Or via PARTadmin and the offline variant, by opening the cip files from the installation DVD under ...\catalogs\norm.

Install DIN_EN_ISO link catalog

When installing the DIN_EN_ISOlink catalog, the connections are set to the new catalog structure, so that the LinkDB data is displayed correctly again after installation.

You can find the Link catalog on the installation DVD under ...\catalogs\additional\norm_din_en_iso.cip.

Note Depending on the amount of lines to update in the LinkDB and the database type, the installation may take some time!

Hide catalogs

Either hide the DIN, EN, ISO catalogs, or the Link-DIN_EN_ISO catalog.

PARTadmin -> Category Index administration -> Context menu "DIN EN ISO" Suppress appearance

Result

The new V9 catalogs are linked to the old ERP data.

The following image shows the Part view in the PARTdataManager.

PARTsolutions V9.02 (or higher) with the original LinkDB data