Prime Things to consider before upgrading to OpenText Exstream

1. Prime Prime Things to consider before upgrading to OpenText Exstream Things to consider before upgrading to OpenText Exstream OpenText Exstream is a powerful, efficient, and robust multi-channel customer communication solution that allows users to create a variety of simple and complex customer-facing documents with dynamic content for interactive, on- demand or batch environments. Release after release, Exstream brings many new and exciting mainstream features, while ensuring backward compatibility of Exstream applications developed through older releases. You might be wondering if it's hard to upgrade to the latest major release - version 16 - and that's not the case. Just a few steps and that's it! Bentech can help you upgrade your OpenText Exstream, StreamServe, Document Presentment, Extended ECM for Content Suite, Content Server, Archive Server, and many more OpenText products. As a certified OpenText support partner with nearly 2 years of experience, Bentech provides a wide range of OpenText-based solutions mainly to utilities, telecom providers, financial institutions, oil and gas providers, insurance

2. companies services (including upgrades to OpenText Exstream), and manufacturers. Know before you go! Know before you go! Information about upgrading to OpenText Exstream can be found in the OpenText User Guide in the Knowledge Center. It will help you better assess what needs to be done during the upgrade. There are several ways to simplify the upgrade process. Here are some modules you may have installed to assist with the upgrade process: • Test data capture – optimize test data for upgrades • Rules Analyzer - checks if your business rules are triggered • Output Comparison - compare PDF, PostScript and AFP produced by old and new versions in Workstation • Output Batch Compare – Same as Output Compare, but with larger files, in the server If you do not have these modules installed, please contact your OpenText Exstream account manager for more information. C Collect test ollect test data! data! What you need to know is that complete test data coverage is the key to a successful upgrade. But don't try to use the entire dataset from a production run, as it can be too cumbersome and time-consuming to manage. As mentioned above, we recommend using test data capture to reduce the number of records in the test data file. We recommend at least requesting an upgrade assessment health check and consulting service to ensure that your OpenText™ environment is ready for an upgrade and that you have someone to turn to for helpful advice and guidance. As always, please be sure to reach out if you have any further questions. We look forward to hearing from you!