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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Hello All, We are in need to change the Appian version from 7.4 to 16.1, ar</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/administration/7327/hello-all-we-are-in-need-to-change-the-appian-version-from-7-4-to-16-1-ar</link><description>Hello All, We are in need to change the Appian version from 7.4 to 16.1, are there any specific precautions which we have to take (like application and DB backup) also is there any functionality which might break while doing so and if yes is there any</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Hello All,&lt;br /&gt;We are in need to change the Appian version from 7.4 to 16.1, ar</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/29829?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 20:22:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:7e6b3b5d-8834-4dad-8918-444656437207</guid><dc:creator>narasimhaadityac</dc:creator><description>Hi Himanshu, as suggested by Jims we need to look at the release notes, specifically some of the things like, where local variables instantiated within the &amp;quot;with()&amp;quot; in the saveInto parameters of the buttons might not be giving errors in lower version but in higher versions it was mandated that they need to be instantiated in the load(). another one like using partials (_) in the save into parameters.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Hello All,&lt;br /&gt;We are in need to change the Appian version from 7.4 to 16.1, ar</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/29827?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 20:04:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:67e68b74-4e80-4d08-bec3-44d657b86859</guid><dc:creator>Jim Schweitzer</dc:creator><description>You should read the release notes in detail for every release between 7.5 and 16.1 and evaluate for your applications. It&amp;#39;s rather hard to predict, though, which is why you need to just try and thoroughly regression test. I&amp;#39;ve seen AN-54003 which was changed in 7.5 break code from 7.3 for example. &lt;a href="https://forum.appian.com/suite/wiki/75/Appian_Release_Notes"&gt;forum.appian.com/.../Appian_Release_Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Hello All,&lt;br /&gt;We are in need to change the Appian version from 7.4 to 16.1, ar</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/29824?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:59:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:a8d4b07d-090e-49b3-b31a-9caf0b9d9f62</guid><dc:creator>vishnuv</dc:creator><description>Hi Eliot &amp;amp; Jims, wanted to check if any components break during migration from 7.4 to 16.1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Hello All,&lt;br /&gt;We are in need to change the Appian version from 7.4 to 16.1, ar</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/29756?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:18:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:15a76404-a94b-4134-9631-b6a061c73b89</guid><dc:creator>Jim Schweitzer</dc:creator><description>Always upgrade a QA environment first, and perform functional regression testing in that environment prior to upgrading production.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Hello All,&lt;br /&gt;We are in need to change the Appian version from 7.4 to 16.1, ar</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/29735?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:47:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:6c94ed89-faa9-4ca0-a59c-2c6ca24d6b0c</guid><dc:creator>Eliot Gerson</dc:creator><description>You should absolutely backup the environment before updating Appian; in fact, it&amp;#39;s a requirement. Please carefully follow the instructions in the documentation. &lt;a href="https://forum.appian.com/suite/help/16.1/Upgrade_Guide.html"&gt;forum.appian.com/.../Upgrade_Guide.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>