Upgrade Analysis Tool

Oracle has made their roadmap for EnterpriseOne very clear after the Applications Unlimited announcement earlier this year. An EnterpriseOne customer can effectively stay on their current release indefinitely. There is no forced migration path, leaving the customer to make the decision to upgrade when they see fit.

As the EnterpriseOne product matures and the functionality available in higher releases becomes more attractive, we will inevitably see more E1 customers upgrade their JDE investment.

The problem is that upgrades are notoriously difficult to estimate. DWS want to take the guesswork out of estimating upgrades. We felt that a more scientific approach was required when evaluating the effort involved in uplifting modifications and extensions from a current release to a higher target release. So, we created our own product, called Dimension - we are a company of developers after all!

What does Dimension do?

  • DWSDimension is a tool that identifies precisely all the enhancements to your system.

  • Custom objects, modifications to standard and copies of standard interrogated and sized by scanning each object's code or definition.

  • For enhancements and copies of standard, line-by-line comparisons are made between your objects and standard JDE, highlighting all differences from simple layout changes to complex structural code changes.

  • Custom objects are sized in their entirety, and an upgrade estimate is then calculated using a complex algorithm.

How can it help you?
  • Accurately assess costs to help with budgeting

  • Plan your timescales and resources with more confidence

  • Pinpoint problem areas quickly

  • Provide substantial statistical data to backup budget

  • Avoid desk checking huge excel spreadsheets - use your time more productively

  • Reduce your margin of error when building estimates and assigning resources

Key Features:

  • All extracted data written to ".dws" fully encrypted text files

  • 100% Secure. Licence-key driven, read-only access to Central Objects

  • Ability to analyse copied objects with their standard based-on counterparts

  • Extract, on average, 70,000 lines of code per minute

  • Analyse 000's of objects in hours, to the precise line

  • Factors employed at the Release, System and Object levels to influence calculations depending on from/to releases and the levels of change

  • Can 'baseline' JDE releases, allowing you to quickly determine levels of change between the systems/objects of standard JDE releases

  • Analysis and comparison base data honed by DWS's development experience and many successfully completed upgrade projects

  • Part-developed using E1 toolset

  • Supports all JDE E1 releases

  • Unique offering in E1 market

  • Integrated with STAR, DWS's Project Management Suite

  • Utilises best-of-breed extraction & comparison tools

  • Highlights potential problem areas - save time by focusing resource at specific areas and key large enhancements

  • Identifies Last Run Date of your UBEs - quickly eliminating unused objects

  • Helps plan your upgrade efficiently and effectively

  • Future: Output includes MS Project Plan for technical upgrade project

What do I do next?

  • Call DWS to book your appointment for a demonstration.