Scott, thanks for the excellent suggestion.
Chris - your additional details are very helpful. I would like to get more specific in my migration question in the hopes that it will save some wear and tear later.
We now have EG 4.1 on 35 local machines and SAS 8.2 on a Windows server. We will be going to 9.2 on the prod and dev servers in the next 2-3 months. We will install EG 4.2 on the user machines in phases.
Question 1 - we may be pleasantly surprised, but I expect conversion issues with our hundreds of EG projects. Will our users be able to have both 4.1 and 4.2 on their PC's while we have 8.2 on our prod server and 9.2 on our dev server ? It could be scary when we have to pick a date when 4.1 and 8.2 will be turned off.
Question 2 - We currently use the simple EG repository, but I see we will have to change to the metadata repository with the upgrades. Will the 4.1 projects be able to use the metadata repository seamlessly?
Question 3 - I recall when we went from EG 2 to 4.1, there were some annoying surprises, like the order of the tasks being jumbled. Are there any similar issues to workaround?
Question 4 - we are concerned about internal SAS administratyion and support when moving to 4.2 and 9.2. Our network services and SAS expertise resources are limited. How much time and effort (minimum) will we need to allocate to provide support for conversion issues, metadata admin, stored process use, internal training etc ?
Sorry for the long-winded reply. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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