Upgrade data for Dynamics SL cloud migration
This article explains the process for running the data upgrade as part of cloud migration. Data upgrade transforms Dynamics SL tables into Business Central tables.
For an overview of the full end-to-end process for Dynamics SL cloud migration, go here.
Prerequisites
You ran data replication on the company or companies that you're migrating to the online environment. Learn more in Run data replication.
Important
Before running data upgrade, ensure that data from all companies has been replicated to the online database. Once you run data upgrade successfully, you can’t run data replication again from an earlier version, because you risk corrupting data in the online database by mixing non-upgraded records with upgraded records.
Prepare
Once you start the data upgrade on an environment, all client connections are terminated. You can't reconnect until the upgrade process completes. Also, hotfixes can't be applied and scheduled tasks can't be run. This behavior means data upgrade is the only process running on the environment, which helps prevent potentials database locks and errors.
Inform any active Business Central online users to finish what they're doing and sign out.
Run data upgrade
Search for and open the Cloud Migration Management page.
Select Run data upgrade > Yes > OK to schedule the data upgrade.
The data upgrade process starts. To check whether the migration succeeded or failed. go to the Cloud Migration Management page. If the upgrade fails, go to Migration Errors FactBox where you can drill down to view the errors.
Tip
If telemetry is enabled on the environment, you can view data about the success or failure of the cloud migration operations like, cloud migration setup, data replication, and data upgrade. For more information, go to Enable environment telemetry and Analyzing cloud migration trace telemetry.. You can also track the status of the data upgrade on the Operations page in the admin center (see Operations log).
Next steps
Related information
Dynamics SL migration to Business Central online: End-to-end overview
Compare Work in Dynamics SL to Business Central
FAQ about migrating to Business Central online from on-premises solutions