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Release Notes

PROS Pricing Solution Suite

Version: 3.7.5September 14, 2007

This document contains important information that was not included in the product-specific documentation for this release. These release notes provide information aboutenhancements and resolved problems.

Important:Please read the entire release notes document before proceeding. If youare installing a PROS product for the first time, see the PROS Pricing Solution SuiteInstallation and Maintenance Guidefor complete installation instructions.

This document contains the following topics:

1. New Features ........................................................................................... 32. Resolved Issues ........................................................................................ 53. Open Issues ........................................................................................... 104. Configuration Changes............................................................................. 105. Task Changes......................................................................................... 116. System Parameter Changes...................................................................... 117. Third-Party Software ............................................................................... 118. PROS Software Dependencies ................................................................... 129. To Upgrade an Existing Installation for Microsoft Windows............................. 1210.To Upgrade an Existing Installation for UNIX............................................... 1611.Database Configuration............................................................................ 2012.Start the PROS Application ....................................................................... 2513.Create a Shortcut on the Desktop.............................................................. 2714.Uninstall ................................................................................................ 2815.Contacting PROS..................................................................................... 29

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PROS Pricing Solution Suite 3.7.5 Release Notes

Typographic Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this document.

Type style or

symbolText Examples

Bold Commands in code, menucommands, and toolbarbuttons

setecho on;

Italic Variables, command-lineplaceholders

% chmod 600

Note:Remove the < >placeholder symbolswhen you insert the variable name.

Monospace Code examples env.bat

Copyright 2007 PROS 2

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1. New Features

The following table describes new features in this release.

ID Description Module

DEV105683 Frequency Analysis

This table provides multi-dimensional insight into a set oftransactions by showing the most frequently observed contextdimension values or by showing the breakdown of a measureacross each dimension.

Analytics

DEV105685 Key Performance Indicator Enhancements

The Key Performance Indicator table now shows the priorperiod's measure value in addition to the selected period's

value. The table has also been converted to AdobeFlash.

Analytics

DEV105687 Band Analysis on Row Measures

You can now band the x-axis by using row-based measures.Row-based measures may also be used on the left and right y-axes. This capability expands the set of measures used beyondbasic measures.

Analytics

DEV107432 Pricing Analytics Optionally Leverages the SAP Product

Hierarchy Dimension

Pricing Analytics is now configurable to leverage the SAPProduct Hierarchy Dimension. The application transforms themixed-level hierarchy into a hierarchy with products atconsistent levels.

Analytics

DEV108151 Color Coding by Dimension

The scatter plot chart now offers color coding based ondimension. This feature provides the benefit of enhancedvisualization of points that share a common dimension.

Analytics

DEV108157 Default Log Scale On/Off State Configurable for Scatter Charts

This enhancement provides the ability to configure the log scaleon/off state for each measure on a chart. Some measures mayalways require a log scale so that the ability to turn log scalingon by default is now offered.

Analytics

DEV105491 View Pricing for Products Identified by Alerts

This feature enables users to navigate directly from thetriggered alerts screen to change prices.

Execution

DEV105802 Enhanced Approval Workflow Configuration to Enable Deals toBe Auto-Published

The approval workflow now supports the configuration of auto-approval and auto-publishing by deal type. If configured, a dealcan be automatically approved and published upon submissionif it meets pre-determined thresholds.

Execution


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DEV106293 Classify a Price Action

The user can select and classify the type of price changes froma drop-down list that is set up in the system. The list iscontrolled by the customer.

Examples: Liquidation, competitor match, and so forth

Execution

DEV106362 Enable and Display Manual Intraday Price Changes

With PROS Pricing Solution Suite, pricing analysts can nowcreate intraday prices and set effective times of day for thoseprices. Price lists show effective times of day for intraday pricechanges in addition to effective dates.

Execution

DEV107027 Apply Work Team Security to View and Edit Lookups

PROS Pricing Solution Suite now enables designated users toinclude pricing area as a dimension for lookups. When a pricing

area is defined for a lookup, only users whose work teamsinclude the pricing area can view and modify the lookup.

Execution

DEV107032 Apply Security to View and Edit Lookup Definitions

PROS Pricing Solution Suite now gives designated users theability to assign roles directly to a lookup definition. Only userswith a role assigned to the lookup definition can view it, edit itsconfiguration options, and create lookups.

Execution

DEV107044 Consistency of Reference Drop-Down Values with SAP FormulaElements in Deal Manager

With this enhancement, any Deal Manager changes to thereference values in one formula element of an SAP formulastrategy will propagate to all other formula elements within

that strategy. This propagation ensures that the referencevalues are consistent for the entire SAP formula.

Execution

DEV107046 Allow Status Changes on Deal Detail

Users can now change the status of a deal from the Deal Detailscreen. This allows a deal to be quickly submitted into theapproval workflow immediately after it is created. Thiscapability also enables managers to view the details of a dealand approve or reject it easily from the same screen.

Execution

DEV107196 Price Modification Options Secured

Administrators can now block or permit users from makingspecific kinds of price modifications. For a user to modify pricesin a specific way, such as changing by a specified percentage,the user's role must contain the privilege for making that kind

of modification.

Execution

DEV107238 Deal Detail Auto-Approval Feedback

If an automatic approval workflow is configured, the user willsee immediately after submitting a deal whether it wasapproved or rejected based on the pre-determined thresholds.

Execution

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DEV107451 Reference Strategy Elements from Price Routine

This enhancement allows users to configure price routineelements to reference specific strategy elements. This allowsusers to see certain strategy element metrics in the priceroutine and to view these metrics at the deal level.

Execution

DEV107477,DEV107478

Customer Agreement Output

With this feature, PROS Pricing Solution Suite can presentapproved and accepted deals and related pricing decisions withall relevant contexts, including customer and customerattributes, deal header level information, deal line-item levelinformation and contexts, and prices and pricing adjustmentsrelated to each deal line item.

Execution

DEV107590 Defining Data Values by Pricing Area for SAP FormulaReference

This enhancement allows users to define SAP formula referencedata values by Pricing Area through the SAP formula referencedata interface.

Execution

DEV107816 Automatically Send Customer Agreements and AutomaticallyApprove Pricing Manager Prices Sent through Deal Manager

When a deal is published, PROS Pricing Solution Suite willautomatically present the customer agreement and the pricesof the line items within that deal to the Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP) system. In addition, users now have the abilityto send the customer agreement for a specific deal throughDeal Manager.

Execution

DEV108044 Line-Added Date Function for Strategy Formulas

A new date function, LINEADDED_DATE(), allows users toreference the date that a line item was added to a deal. Byusing LINEADDED_DATE() instead of CURRDATE() in strategyformulas, the user is able to freeze specific strategy elements

in order to prevent recalculation of certain values.

Execution

DEV108350 Triangular Currency Conversion

Through this enhancement, it is no longer necessary to havedata for every possible currency combination. PROS PricingSolution Suite can perform currency conversions for any twocurrencies if the effective exchange rates are available betweeneach of these currencies and a pre-defined global currency.

Execution

DEV108486 Product List and Deal Summary Configuration

The metrics in the Deal Summary section can now beconfigured to calculate a weighted average from the line itemswithin a deal. The user is able to select the unit of measure forconversion purposes, if necessary.

Execution

2. Resolved Issues

The following table describes issues resolved in this release.

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Supportincident


DEV107373 disableTransactionList Attribute Error

The view transaction list feature is now disabled forcharts that are based on a virtual cube.

Analytics

DEV107534 Selecting a Group Based on Multiple DimensionsReturns No Data on Time Series

The time series chart now correctly processes resultswhen the reporting scope, or dimension grouping, is seton more than one dimension.

Analytics

DEV108883 Scatter and Bubble Charts

There is a significant performance improvement for

Scatter and Bubble charts, especially for cubes with alarge number of dimensions.

Analytics


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Support

incidentID Description Module

SPRT05221 DEV108960

You are not logged in and Data retrieval error

Errors

Several minutes after starting a complex query, report,or chart in Analytics, an error messageYou are notlogged in or Data retrieval erroris displayed.

There are a two known causes of this problem.

1. On some end-user systems, a registry key has beenset that specifies a timeout that limits how long thebrowser will wait to receive a response. If thistimeout is specified and is too short to allow PROSPricing Solution Suite to process the request, theerror will occur. There are two possible places thatthis registry key may be specified:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

If both are specified, the value inHKEY_CURRENT_USER takes precedence. In eitherof these registry keys, a DWORD Value namedReceiveTimeout may specify the timeout inmilliseconds.

If this the case in your environment, PROS

recommends changing the timeout value to a largervalue, for example 1800000 (30 minutes) to avoidthe timeout error. Another alternative is removingthe registry setting to allow the default setting ofone hour to take effect.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181050formore information. (Note that although this MicrosoftKnowledge Base article indicates that it does notapply to MicrosoftInternet Explorer6.xand 7.x,PROS has confirmed that it does apply.)

2. Another possible cause of this error is that yourenvironment has configured a firewall or proxy thatis monitoring communications between the end-

user browser and the PPSS application server, and

that firewall or proxy has a timeout specified thatterminates the connection when a request is notprocessed within that timeout.

If this is the case in your environment, you canchange the firewall or proxy configuration toincrease the timeout to 30 minutes or longer toavoid the timeout error.

Analytics
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181050http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181050

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Support


DEV109108 Time Series PerformanceThere is a significant performance improvement forTime Series charts.

Analytics

SPRT04853 DEV107613 PopulatePxInputCondData Task

There is improved performance of thePopulatePxInputCondData task.

Execution

DEV 107664 StackOverflowError Message

The StackOverflowError message is no longer displayedwhen copying a strategy for which the price domaincannot be determined.

Execution

SPRT04932 DEV107847 Hidden Flags Are Reset When Deleting a Strategy

Element

Now, when deleting a strategy element, the hidden flagsof other elements are not reset.

Execution

SPRT05119 DEV108558 User Interface Performance Improvement

There is improved performance of the user interface fora user who is assigned a workteam with multiple leveldefinitions.

Execution

DEV109352 Enable the User to Change a Version's Start and EndDates

If the end date of a deal is earlier than the current date,the user is unable to update the deal. The current rules

for updating the dates of a deal prevent the user fromchanging the start and end dates of the deal. To avoidthis limitation, the user should select an end date for adeal that will safely cover the negotiation period. Theuser can complete negotiation, and then change the enddate to the current deal end date.

Execution

DEV109354 Copying a Deal with Different Start and End Dates DoesNot Affect the Copied Line Items Dates

When a deal is copied, the dates of the copied line itemsremain unchanged; those dates are not changed to thedates of the set for the new deal. To change thesedates, the user must open the deal, and then change thedates of each line item to the dates of the new deal.

Note:The strategies selected for each line item on thecopied deal may not be valid for the new date range.Because of this, when the dates for the line item arechanged, a price may not be calculated for this line item.

Execution

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Support


N/A DEV94164

Internet Explorer6.0 SP1 terminates when accessing

the application menu or context bar.

There is a known bug related to the 918899 Windowsupdate patch. This patch was included in updatesreleased on or after August 8, 2006. More informationon the patch can be found athttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/918899

Please perform oneof the following options:

(Recommended) Install the most current cumulativesecurity update for Internet Explorer 6, datedNovember 2006 or later. For example, the 922760cumulative security update released in November 2006corrects the issue. Information about how to obtain and

install this update can be found at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922760

Note:Restart the system after installing the update.

or

Install the 923996 update patch. This update fixes thespecific problem in the 918899 update patch.Information about how to obtain and install this updatecan be found at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923996

Note:Restart the system after installing the update.

or

Remove the 918899 update.

Perform the following steps to remove the MicrosoftWindowsupdate patch:

1. From the Control Panel, click Add or Remove

Programs.

2. The Add or Remove Programspop-up window isdisplayed.

3. Click the Show updatescheck box located at topof the screen.

4. Scroll down to Windows XP update > Securityupdate for windows XP KB918899. ClickRemove.

5. Follow the instructions on the Software UpdateRemoval wizard to remove the patch.

Note:Restart the system after removing the update.

General
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918899http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918899http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922760http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922760http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923996http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923996http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923996http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922760http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918899

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3. Open Issues

The following table describes open issues in this release.


DEV105237 There is an inconsistency between the benchmark values in thewaterfall chart and the table.

Analytics

DEV106656 Clicking the Help icon on the Alert definition screen causes anerror to display.

Analytics

DEV106868 In some instances, Flash charts that are operating correctlystop unexpectedly on a users machine. The current resolutionis to clear cache and cookies in Internet Explorer.

Analytics

DEV105986 Users are unable to choose a product group with more than1,000 products if the system is using an Oracle database.

Execution

DEV106982 Internet Explorer is leaking memory while including application

Java script files. An issue has been raised with Microsoft todetermine if there is an Internet Explorer or Windows patch toresolve the problem.

General

4. Configuration Changes

There are pros.dtd file changes for version 3.7.5. This file is located in the\build\config (Windows) and/build/config (UNIX) directories.

Property Description

Added

DataMapper_jvmmemory

The DataMapper service is now contained within Tomcat. This propertymay be removed. To ensure that adequate memory is available forTomcat, add the memory previously allocated for the DataMapperservice to the memory for Tomcat.


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5. Task Changes

There are no task changes for this release.

6. System Parameter Changes

There are no system parameter changes for this release.

7. Third-Party Software

The following third-party software must be installed before proceeding with the

installation of the new release.

Environment Component Platform Version Notes

HP PA_RISC,

HP Itanium2

1.5.0_04 TZupdater 1.0.2 applied

Sun Solaris 1.5.0_11 Do not use 1.5.0_07 or1.5.0_08.

IBM AIX 1.5.0 build pap64dev-20070201(SR4) or higher

LINUX 1.5.0_11 LINUX

Server

Sun Java

Development

Kit

Windows 1.5.0_11 Do not use patch 7,8, or 9.

Important:jdk1.5.0_11must be created off the rootof C:\ under a directorywithout spaces in it. Forexample:

C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_11

A system environment

variable must be created forJAVA_HOME with this value.

Also, the PATH environmentvariable must include this atthe beginning of the values,with the \bin directoryappended. For example:

C:\Java\jdk1.5.0_11\bin

DesktopMicrosoftInternetExplorer

Windows 6.0


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Environment Component Platform Version Notes

DesktopAdobe ScalableVector Graphics

Windows 3.03

Important: If companypractice is to initiate all

installations, request that ITinstall the scable vectorgraphics plug-in. If this is notdone, Internet Explorer runs acheck to verify whether or notthe plug-in is installed. If theplug-in is not installed, aninstallation pop-up window isdisplayed

Desktop Adobe Flash Windows 9.0

Important:If companypractice is to initiate allinstallations, request that ITinstall the Flash plug-in. Ifthis is not done, InternetExplorer runs a check to

verify whether or not theplug-in is installed. If theplug-in is not installed, aninstallation pop-up window isdisplayed.

8. PROS Software Dependencies

There are no PROS software dependency changes for this release.

9. To Upgrade an Existing Installation for Microsoft Windows

All commands are run from the Command Prompt window. You can open the windowby selecting Start => Runand typing cmdin the text box.

A. Get the Build File from the PROS FTP Site

Use this procedure to download files for the new release.

1. Log on to the site sftp.prosrm.comwith the user name andpassword provided by PROS.

2. Change to the Releases\PPSS directory.

3. Download the pricing_3_7_5.tar.gz file in binary mode.

4. Transfer the compressed file to the target server.
ftp://ftp.prosrm.com/ftp://ftp.prosrm.com/

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B. Identify the Currently Installed Product Version

I m p o r t a n t : To install this release of the PROS application, the currentlyinstalled version should be 3.7.2 and above.

To verify the currently installed version of PROS Pricing Solution Suite,contact your PROS representative.

C. Stop the PROS Application

For a single-host configuration, the following procedure must beperformed.

1. Change to the bin directory.

cd \ bui l d\ bi n

2. Stop the application.

pr osct l st opal l

For a multi-host configuration, the following procedure must beperformed:

1. To stop the application, enter the following command on themaster host:

pr osct l s topal l

2. To stop the PROS Pricing Solution Suite launcher componentson each worker host, enter

st opPROSLauncher Agent . bat

3. To run the following script on the master host, enter

st opPROSLauncher Agent Mast er . bat

D.Back Up the Previous Version

Before beginning the installation, create a backup of the previous version.

1. Back up your database.


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2. Back up the current version of the code by:

Leaving the contents of intactand installing the new version in a different directory.

or

Saving the directory structure into a zip or tar file archive, ifyour file system has the available space. The space requiredvaries, depending on the size of the log and data loaderdirectories.

E. Install the Application Files

Create an installation directory, copy the compressed file to the currentdirectory, and extract the product files.

1. Create a current installation directory for PROS Pricing SolutionSuite. The application will be installed in this directory. If theinstallation directory is , forexample, type

mkdir

2. Change to the directory.

cd

3. Copy the PPSS__compressed file to the installation directory for the application.

copy \ pr i ci ng_3_7_5. t ar . gz .

4. The application files are compressed to reduce download time.Please use appropriate software such as WinZiptodecompress the file, and then place the files into the that you created.

F. Configure the Application Files

If you modified files after installation with PROS, those files may need to becopied into the current installation directory ormerged with the currentinstallation files to preserve the configuration for your environment. If you areunsure about how to proceed, contact your PROS representative.

The following procedure copies these files from the back-up installation toyour current installation directory:


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pros.dtd

server.xml

emailer_control.xml

1. Change to the \build\configdirectory.

cd \ bui l d\ conf i g

2. Copy the pros.dtd from the\build\config directory.

copy\ bui l d\ conf i g\ pr os. dt d .

3. Change to the\tools\tomcat\conf directory.

cd \ t ool s\ t omcat\ conf

4. Copy the server.xml filefrom\tools\tomcat\conf.

copy \ t ool s\ t omcat\ conf \ ser ver . xml .

5. Change to the\build\config\emailer directory.

cd \ bui l d\ conf i g\ emai l er

6. Copy emailer_control.xml from the\build\config\emailer directory.

copy \ bui l d\ conf i g\ emai l er\ emai l er _cont r ol . xml .

N o t e : Verify that the paths in pros.dtd are updated and point tothe current directory.


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G. Installation with the Application Generation Utility

This section is for users of the application generation utility only. The builddirectory is the installation directory.

I m p o r t a n t : Changes to the solution configuration file (SCF) beyond those

described in this documentor as described in the installation andmaintenance guide for the productare not supported.

1. Copy the SCF to the \scf folder.For example:

copy \ . xml .

2. Edit the pdk.properties file in the C:\Documents andSettings\ folder. Review the Configuration

Changes section for new or changed parameters. See thePROS Pricing Solution SuiteInstallation and Maintenance Guidefor details about the parameters.

N o t e : Verify that Java 1.5.0_11 is defined in the environmental variable at

the beginning.

3. From the Command Prompt window, change to the PROSPricing Solution Suite installation directory.

cd

4. Run the configure.bat command. For example:

conf i gur e. bat scf \ . xml

5. Monitor the configure.log file for errors.

10.To Upgrade an Existing Installation for UNIX

All of the commands are run from the command prompt.

A. Get the Build File from the PROS FTP Site

Use this procedure to download files for the new release.

1. Log on to the site sftp.prosrm.comwith the user name andpassword provided by PROS.

2. Change to the Releases/PPSS directory.

ftp://ftp.prosrm.com/ftp://ftp.prosrm.com/

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3. Download the PPSS_3_7_5.tar.gz file in binary mode.

4. Transfer the gz file to the target server.

B. Identify the Currently Installed Product Version

I m p o r t a n t : To install this release of the PROS application, the currentlyinstalled version should be 3.7.2 and above.

To verify the currently installed version of PROS Pricing Solution Suite,contact your PROS representative.

C. Stop the PROS Application

For a single-host configuration, the following procedure must be

performed.


cd / bui l d/ bi n

2. Stop the application.

. / prosct l s topal l

For a multi-host configuration, the following procedure must be performedon the master hostand each of the worker hosts.

1. To stop the application, enter

. / prosct l s topal l

2. To stop PROS Pricing Solution Suite launcher components oneach worker host, enter

. / st opPROSLauncher Agent . sh

3. To run the following script on the master host, enter

. / st opPROSLauncher AgentMast er . sh

D.Back Up the Previous Version

Before starting the installation, create a backup of the previous version.


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1. Back up your database.

2. Back up the current version of the code by:

Leaving the contents of intactand installing the new version in a different directory.

or

Saving the directory structure into a zip or tar file archive, ifyour file system has the available space. The space requiredvaries, depending on the size of the log and data loaderdirectories.

E. Install the Application Files

In this procedure, you will create an installation directory, copy the

compressed file to the current directory, and extract the product files.

1. Create a new installation directory for PROS Pricing SolutionSuite. The application will be installed in this directory. If theinstallation directory is , forexample, enter

mkdir

2. Change to the directory.

cd

3. Copy the pricing_3_7_5.tar.gz compressed file to theinstallation directory for the application.

cp / pr i ci ng_3_7_5_t ar . gz

4. The application files are compressed to reduce download time.Please use appropriate software such as gunzip, tar, or cpio todecompress the file, and then place the files into the PROSPricing Solution Suite installation directory that you created.

F. Configure the Application Files

If you modified files after installation with PROS, those files may need to becopied into the current installation directory ormerged with the currentinstallation files to preserve the configuration for your environment. If you areunsure about how to proceed, contact your PROS representative.

The following procedure copies these files from the back-up installation toyour current installation directory:


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pros.dtd

server.xml

emailer_control.xml

1. Change to the /build/configdirectory.

cd / bui l d/ conf i g

2. Copy the pros.dtd from the/build/config directory.

cp / bui l d/ conf i g/ pr os. dt d.

3. Change to the/tools/tomcat/conf directory.

cd / t ool s/ t omcat/ conf

4. Copy the server.xml from /tools/tomcat/conf.

cp / t ool s/ t omcat/ conf / ser ver . xml .

5. Change to the /build/config/emailer directory.

cd / bui l d/ conf i g/ emai l er

6. Copy emailer_control.xml from the/build/config/emailer directory.

cp / bui l d/ conf i g/ emai l er/ emai l er _cont r ol . xml .

N o t e : Verify that the paths in pros.dtd are updated and point to the currentdirectory.

G. Installation with the Application Generation Utility

This section is for users of the application generation utility only. The builddirectory is the installation directory.

I m p o r t a n t : Changes to the solution configuration file (SCF) beyond thosedescribed in this documentor as described in cross-referenced documents

are not supported.


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1. Copy the SCF to the /scf folder.For example:

cp / . xml .

2. Edit the pdk.properties file in $HOME/pdk.properties. Reviewthe Configuration Changes section for new or changedparameters. See the PROS Pricing Solution SuiteInstallationand Maintenance Guidefor details about the parameters.

3. From the Command Prompt window, change to the PROSPricing Solution Suite installation directory.

cd

4. Run the configure.sh command. For example:

. / conf i gure. sh scf / . xml

5. Monitor the configure.log file for errors.

11.Database Configuration

The following section contains procedures for creating the database data source,updating the database schema, and updating existing data for version 3.7.5 of theapplication. For internationalization support for Oracle, please see the PROS PricingSolution Suite Installation and Maintenance Guide.

To upgrade the database schema and data, your implementation must be at version3.7.2 or later.

A. Create the Data Source

N o t e : Fo r a m u l t i - h o s t c o n f i g u r a t i o n , this procedure must be performed on them a st e r h o s t and each of the w o r k e r h os t s .

For Windows

Enter the following:

cd \ bui l d\ bi n

env. bat


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For SQL Server

To create the SQL Server data source file, run the followingcommand:cr eat eSql Ser verDS. bat PDK_DS

You will be prompted for the user name and password of thedatabase for the application.

For Oracle

To create the Oracle data source file, run the following command:cr eat eOr acl eDS. bat PDK_DS

You will be prompted for the user name and password of the

database for the application.

For UNIX

Enter the following:

cd / bui l d/ bi n

For SQL Server

To create the SQL Server data source file, run the following command:. / cr eat eSql Server DS. sh PDK_DS

You will be prompted for the user name and password of the databasefor the application.

For Oracle

To create the Oracle data source file, run the following command:. / cr eat eOr acl eDS. sh PDK_DS

You will be prompted for the user name and password of the databasefor the application.

B.

Set the PROS Application in Update Mode

Before applying database changes, the application must be set in updatemode. In this mode, the patchmode parameter is set to true, and scheduledhourly tasks are disabled.


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For Windows, perform the following:

Edit the \build\config\pros.dtd fileand set the patchmode parameter to true:

For UNIX, perform the following:

Edit the /build/config/pros.dtd fileand set the patchmode parameter to true:

C. Update the Database Schema to Version 3.7.5

For Windows, perform the following steps:


cd \ bui l d\ bi n

2. Choose oneof the following according to your environment:

If only Pricing Analytics is installed, run the followingcommand:

r unPri ci ngAnal yti csOnl yPat ch375. bat

If both Pricing Analytics and Pricing Execution are installed,run the following command:

r unPri ci ngPat ch375. bat

3. Review the following log files for any possible errors. Errorsmust be reviewed and corrected before continuing with theinstallation process.

Pricing Analytics log files

Pr i ci ngPat ch370- 3. 0. 28_t o_3. 0. 29- TaskSql . t xt

Pr i ci ngPat chAnal yti cs375- TaskSql . t xt


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Pricing Execution log files

Pr i ci ngPat ch375- 1TaskSql . t xt


For UNIX, perform the following steps:


cd / bui l d/ bi n

2. Choose oneof the following according to your environment:

If only Pricing Analytics is installed, run the followingcommand:

. / r unPr i ci ngAnal yt i csOnl yPat ch375. sh

If both Pricing Analytics and Pricing Execution are installed,run the following command:

. / r unPr i ci ngPat ch375. sh

3. Review the following log files for any possible errors. Errorsmust be reviewed and corrected before continuing with theinstallation process.

Pricing Analytics log files

Pr i ci ngPat ch370- 3. 0. 28_t o_3. 0. 29- TaskSql . t xt

Pr i ci ngPat chAnal yt i cs375- TaskSql . t xt

Pricing Execution log files



D.Start the PROS Application in Update Mode

The application must be started at this point in the upgrade process to allowthe following data migration update tasks to run. Since the application iscurrently configured in update mode, scheduled hourly tasks are disabled. For

details, see Set the PROS Application in Update Mode.

Follow the instructions in Start the PROS Application to start the application.


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E. Load User Security

This procedure applies to both Pricing Analytics and Pricing Execution.

If the Configurable Privileges feature for Analytics is enabled, the followingsteps must be performed to apply any privilege-related changes to yourapplication configuration since the last installation or upgrade:

For Windows, perform the following steps:


cd \ bui l d\ bi n

2. Run the LoadSecurity task.

r unTask. bat LoadSecur i t y

3. Review the following log files to monitor the progress of thetask and to check for any possible errors. Errors must bereviewed and corrected before continuing with the installationprocess.

pr osser vi ces_serverX_l og. xml

r unPROSSer vi ces- X. t xt

r unTaskManager- 1. t xt

t askmanager _ser ver 1_l og. t xt

For UNIX, perform the following steps:


cd / bui l d/ bi n

2. Run the LoadSecurity Task.

. / r unTask. sh LoadSecur i t y

3. Review the following log files to monitor the progress of thetask and to check for any possible errors. Errors must bereviewed and corrected before continuing with the installation

process.

pr osser vi ces_serverX_l og. xml

r unPROSServi ces- X. t x t

r unTaskManager- 1. t xt

t askmanager _ser ver 1_l og. t xt


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F. Set PROS Application to Normal Mode

Now that the upgrade is complete, the PROS application should be stopped atthis point so that the application can be returned to normal mode. Follow theinstructions in Stop the PROS Application for stopping the application.

After stopping the application, set the patchmode parameter to false. Thisaction ensures that scheduled hourly tasks will resume after the application isrestarted.

For Windows, perform the following:

Edit the \build\config\pros.dtd fileand set the patchmode parameter to false. Enter

For UNIX, perform the following:

Edit the /build/config/pros.dtd fileand set the patchmode parameter to false. Enter

12.Start the PROS Application

N o t e : Instructions for starting the application as a Windows service can be found in

the PROS Pricing Solution Suite Installation and Maintenance Guide.

Choose from the following options according to your configuration:

For a single-host configuration, the following procedure must beperformed.

For Windows, enter


cd \ bui l d\ bi n

2. Start the application.

pr osct l s tar t

For UNIX, enter


cd / bui l d/ bi n


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. / prosct l s tar t

For a multi-host configuration, the following procedure must beperformed on the master hostand each of the worker hosts.

For Windows, enter


cd \ bui l d\ bi n


To run the following script on the master host, enter

st ar t PROSLauncher AgentMast er . bat

To start PROS Pricing Solution Suite launcher componentson each worker host, enter

st ar t PROSLauncher Agent . bat

On the master host, run the following script:

prosct l s tart

For UNIX, enter

1. Change to the PROS bin directory.

cd / bui l d/ bi n


To run the following script on the master host, enter

. / st ar t PROSLauncher Agent Mast er . sh

To start PROS Pricing Solution Suite launcher componentson each worker host, enter

. / st ar t PROSLauncher Agent . sh

On the master host, run the following script:

. / prosct l s tar t


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13.Create a Shortcut on the Desktop

(Optional) To create a shortcut on the desktop, perform the following procedure:

1. Log on to the machine where you access the user interface, andthen open a Web browser.

2. In the address field, enter

http://:/PPSS/PPSS

where is the application server name or IPaddress and is the port numberconfigured in Configure the Application Files.

3. Drag and drop the URL from the Web browser to the desktop.

A shortcut for the application appears on the desktop.

To access the application login screen, double-click the desktop shortcut.


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14.Uninstall

Use the following procedure to uninstall this product and to revert to the previouslyinstalled version:

1. Stop the application as described in Stop the PROSApplication.

2. Restore the database and the list of files using the backup files,as described in Back Up the Previous Version.

3. Back up the previous version to the original location.

4. Start the application, as described in Start the PROSApplication.


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15.Contacting PROS

Please report any product questions or incidents on SupportWeb, our self-servicecustomer support portal.

PROS Customer Support

Web Address http://www.prospricing.com/support.html

PROS Product Information

Phone 713-335-5151

FAX 713-335-8144

Web Address http://www.prospricing.com

PROS

3100 Main Street, Suite 900, Houston, TX 77002-9312 USA

Copyright 2007 PROS Revenue Management, L.P.

All information contained within this document is the confidential property ofPROS. It is submitted with the understanding that it shall not be disclosed toany third party either in whole or in part without the prior written consent ofPROS.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or

transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,or otherwise, without the prior written permission of PROS.

PROS makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contentshereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability forany particular purpose. Furthermore, PROS reserves the right to revise thispublication and to make changes in content hereof without obligation of PROSto notify any person of such revision.

Trademarks

All other brands and their products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holdersand should be noted as such. This product includes software developed by the Apache SoftwareFoundation (http://www.apache.org/).
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