Upgrading
  • 12 Jan 2023
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DataWORQ Upgrade Steps

  1. Ensure tomcat is still running.
  2. Navigate to the tomcat webapps folder and delete the old DataWORQ.war file.
  3. Wait until the DataWORQ folder is cleaned up by Tomcat (it only gets removed if Tomcat is running).
  4. Download the latest DataWORQ.war file as described in Prerequisites.
  5. Move the downloaded DataWORQ.war into the Tomcat webapps folder.
  6. Ensure Tomcat creates the DataWORQ folder.
  7. Restart Tomcat(optional).

Breaking Changes

Note: Some upgrades require upgrading flows, or the way they are run.

Upgrading to v5 or later from < v5

  • Join node data types have been changed from ColumnImpl to the source data types (String, Integer, Double, Date)

Upgrading to 4.2.6.0 or later from < 4.2.6.0

  • Preferences are no longer saved to individual flows.
  • There have been updates to the DataWORQ REST API. Any REST calls that don’t conform to the newer standard need to be updated.
  • Running flows from the command line has been deprecated. Any flows kicked off this way need to be updated to use the REST API.

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