Please use the information below to upgrade from Version 6.0.x (6.0.0 - 6.0.1) to Version 7.1.0.
This section provides information about changes from version 6.0.x (6.0.0 - 6.0.1) to 7.1.0.
You can learn about what's new in Version 7.1.0 by reading the Features and Fixes pages. You can also request a Personal Live Trial on our web site. Within one business day we will set up a workgroup exclusively for your use on one of our web servers. All you need is a web browser.
There are no configuration changes you need to make prior to upgrade. To maintain backward compatibility most new features are not enabled during the upgrade. Instead, you can enable them as you see fit after the upgrade is complete. The only thing you need to do prior to upgrade is to make a backup of your installation.
Modern web browsers are required for use with Tracker Version 7.1.0. Please review the Version 7.1.0 Requirements to verify that your end users are using or have access to a supported web browser.
The upgrade will apply the Default color preferences theme for Version 7.1.0 to pages within a Tracker workgroup (the pages you see after logging in). Color Preferences for external pages (Login Page, Submit Page, Knowledge Base) remain unchanged by the upgrade.
A new Metrics display engine is used in this release (eliminating the need for end users to have Java installed to display charts). While the upgrade does preserve the chart type (e.g. bar, line, pie, table) and some aspects of the version 6.x chart layout settings (Height, Max Label Length, Bar Alignment, Bar Type, Show Stacked, Decimal Places), the new charts will not look exactly the same as the old charts. And, some chart layout settings are no longer needed (width is now automatically adjusted based on the browser window size, scrolling is automatically added when needed, etc.).
To access the Tracker Help Guides or the Custom Help link you have provided for your end users, please click on the Docs link in the upper right of the Status Bar. The Docs link replaces the Help icon available in the Button Bar in previous versions.
The color scheme and icons used in NetResults Tracker are upgraded to a modern "flat" user interface consistent with the latest versions of Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS & iOS, and Google Android.
The order of the icons in the Button Bar has been changed to better group similar operations together. All of the record level operations (Add, View, Task, Edit, Discuss, Delete) are now grouped together and all of the reporting operations (Search/Query, Metrics, History) are grouped together. We've found this accelerates the learning curve for new users.
If the Display Field Help options in General Preferences were configured to display a yellow question mark next to each field (on View or Add/Edit/Task or Submit page), the yellow icons are no longer displayed and users can now get Field Help by simply hovering over the Field Label (instead of hovering on the yellow icon). If you had disabled Field Help or were using one of the options to always display Field Help (the default), there is no change in how Field Help is displayed after upgrade.
If you are using the Submit Page for Unregistered Users, a new privilege, Add via Submit Page, has been added and enabled for all user groups selected in the Unregistered User Options in General Preferences to maintain backward compatibility. This new privilege allows finer grain control over which Projects/Forms are available on the Submit Page for adding new records or linking to existing records.
Any date fields that are configured as task fields with Input Type set to "Required" and Initialize set to "Yes" in your 6.0.x data will be changed such that they are configured with Input Type set to "Optional" and "Initialize" set to "Yes". This was done so that the field will not force the user to change the value of the field (it behaves as it did in Version 6.0.x). However, because it is optional, the field can now be left blank. These settings can be changed by editing the Task Field Properties.
Any Float, Integer or YesNo fields configured as task fields with Input Type set to "Required" and Initialize set to "No" in your 6.0.x data will be changed such that they are configured with Input Type set to "Optional" and Initialize set to "No". This was done so that the field will not force the user to change the value of the field (it behaves as it is in Version 6.0.x).
If the Reporter field is configured as a task field with Input Type set to "Required" in your 6.0.x data, the field will be changed such that it is configured with Input Type set to "Optional". This was done so that the field will not force the user to change the value of the field (it behaves as it is in Version 6.0.x).
Any user accounts that contain the following characters in the First Name or Last Name of the user's profile information will be replaced with an alternate character during the upgrade process: " (double quote), \ (back slash) or ~ (tilde). " (double quote) will be replaced with ' (single quote), \ (back slash) will be replaced with / (forward slash), and ~ (tilde) will be replaced with - (hyphen).
Your system has now been upgraded to Version 7.1.0 for all workgroups.