Product(s):		OpenUtilities Substation
	Version(s):		2023
	Environment:		NA
	Area:		Installation and Configuration
	Subarea:		NA

Background:

The users using OpenUtilities Substation (OUS) CONNECT who want to upgrade to OUS 2023 then as seen in the below release notes under the Important Installation notes it can be seen that the Installation Paths for OUS 2023 is different along with the Program Datapath. In this Wiki Article will help users who are using Local/Network/ProjectWise location with upgrading of their to OUS 2023 from OUS CONNECT.


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Steps to Accomplish

A. ProjectWise users:

1. After installing OUS 2023 for users who are having the projects and WorkSpace stored on ProjectWise everything will remain the same on ProjectWise apart from the Default Database Configuration. This is always present on the local client machines. The users can copy the old "DBsetting.xml" from the old OUS CONNECT folder to new OUS 2023 folder according to detail path mentioned below.

OUS CONNECT : "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\Datasets\Substation\Config"
OUS 2023: "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation 2023\Configuration\Datasets\Substation\Config"

2. Then manually Uninstall OUS CE using Control Panel.

B. User with Projects and WorkSpace on Network Location.

1. After installing OUS 2023 for users who are having the projects and WorkSpace stored on network location everything will remain as it is apart from the Default Database Configuration. This is always present on the local machines. The users can copy the old "DBsetting.xml" from the old OUS CONNECT folder to new OUS 2023 folder according to detail path mentioned below.

OUS CONNECT : "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\Datasets\Substation\Config"
OUS 2023: "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation 2023\Configuration\Datasets\Substation\Config"

2. The user will also have to copy the "WorkSpaceSetup.cfg" which has the details of network location for the WorkSpace. The user can copy the WorkSpaceSetup.cfg from the OUS CONNECT folder to OUS 2023 folder according to detail paths mentioned below.

OUS CONNECT: "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation CONNECT Edition\Configuration"
OUS 2023: "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation 2023\Configuration"


3. Then manually Uninstall OUS CE using Control Panel.

C. Users with full Local WorkSpace and Projects.

1. After installing OUS 2023 for users having the WorkSpace and Projects on local machine they can copy all the configuration by copying all the files and folder from "Configuration" folder in OUS CONNECT to Configuration folder in OUS 2023 from the below paths.

OUS CONNECT: "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation CONNECT Edition\Configuration"
OUS 2023: "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenUtilities Substation 2023\Configuration"


2. Once all the files and folders are copied, if the user is using Parts Database as MDB file than they need to update the Mapping Path for the MDB file in the PartsDBMappings.xml file it is usually located in the below path for the OOTB ANSI WorkSpace but the user needs to locate one for their Custom WorkSpace or OOTB WorkSpaces PartsDBMappings.xml file and update the path if the path is relative path

3. Then manually Uninstall OUS CE using Control Panel. 

Original Author:

Satish Saptasagar