Check the catalog

Click on the button Check.

-> The dialog box Check is opened.

Now you have the following options available:

Here, in the example in hand the option Check CIP file is used. Select the tabbed page Status.

Evaluate results of the check

Legend

With the help of the list you get an overview how many projects are affected by changes.

Make a note which projects are no more available („x“) – these can be looked at closely later.

Have a look whether there is a matching project available at the new data („!“) (first glance) and make a note.

Under PARTadmin -> category Catalog update -> Offline -> Compare you can see a Catalog comparison with directory structure and table. Changes of the directory structure can be seen at once.

Click on Compare.

-> The dialog box Catalog comparison opens.

Click on Detailed comparison.

-> The dialog box Catalog comparison opens.

Evaluate results from the detailed comparison.

In the comparison, you can recognize changes in directory structure, but also similarities in name.

At changes of table values, these can be looked up directly in the comparison.

Complement your notes accordingly.

Install catalog

Important Please avoid updates without LinkDB connection! Please note that in the dialog area Versions the option Keep all or Number of versions = 2 is selected. You can find the setting option both in the Offline and in the Online variant as well.

Click on the Install button.

-> An inquiry is displayed where you have to decide whether you want the ERP search index to be updated after the installation. When clicking Yes ^[84] the color display in the index tree is correct in any case, (which is not absolutely necessary for the assignment, but for the searching).

Do you want to update the ERP search indexes automatically after installation?

Note You can update the index anytime under PARTadmin -> category Index administration -> context menu of catalog -> Create LinkDB search index.

-> Next, the dialog box CIP Installation opens.

On the tabbed page Protocol you get an overview how many datasets could be mapped successfully.

On the tabbed page ERP Status all projects are listed with Status, ERP number, Path, Path (new), NB and NB (new).

CIP Installation -> tabbed page ERP Status

Click on Install selected catalogs.