topic Re: Server Version Upgrade Data Connections in Alteryx Server Discussions

Server Version Upgrade Data Connections

NatSnook — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:45:10 GMT

Hi We are about to upgrade our server version from 2019.2 to 2020.2

I'm hoping the answer to this will be 'absolutely yes' but i wanted to check first...

Are existing data connections and user permissions maintained through the upgrade?

Re: Server Version Upgrade Data Connections

David-Carnes — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:46:28 GMT

@NatSnook

Yes, it should. But....

Make a backup before up before and copy some files to a different location.

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Server-Knowledge-Base/Alteryx-Server-Backup-and-Recovery-Part-2-Procedures/ta-p/22642

Have the installation file for 2019.2 available if things go belly up. It should be available at licenses.alteryx.com (edit: I looked and yes, you can download the older version if necessary.)

That's a big jump. I'm loving Alteryx 2020.

Good luck!

Re: Server Version Upgrade Data Connections

NatSnook — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:53:09 GMT

Thanks @David-Carnes

Yes i will do the Mongo db backups and a snapshot to be sure 🙂

It's a big jump but not as big as our designer version that will soon follow and upgrade from 2018.2 to 2020.2 eeek 🙂