Step 2: Update SLIM-Collaborate Enterprise Settings


Once you have verified that SLIM-Collaborate supports your desired desktop version, you should update the SLIM-Collaborate Enterprise settings that tell Collaborate which SLIM-Suite workbook version to use when exporting projects to the desktop.
 

If you are using optional SLIM on the Server functionality (skills breakouts for Estimation service projects or auto-upgrade of associated workbook files) and your site is self-hosted, you may also need to upgrade the copy of SLIM-Estimate installed on your SLIM-Collaborate web server. If your site is QSM hosted, all currently supported SLIM on the Server/SLIM-Estimate major release versions are provided automatically.

1.  If you have not already done so, log into your Admin site and select Customize… | Enterprise Settings from the Admin site menu.  Click the Default Seed Workbook Version dropdown and select the new desktop version.  This step tells SLIM-Collaborate which SLIM-Suite workbook version to use when exporting Closeout projects for use with SLIM-DataManager.


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2.  If your site is hosted by QSM and you use SLIM on the Server, all supported versions of SLIM-Estimate are provided automatically, and no further action is needed here.

3.  If your SLIM-Collaborate site is self-hosted (and you use the SLIM on the Server functionality), you must upgrade the SLIM-Estimate version installed on your Collaborate web server if you are upgrading from one major release to another (ex: 10.1 to 10.2, 10.3, or 10.4). Point releases of SLIM-Estimate (10.0a-c) should not require SLIM on the Server to be upgraded. If you have questions, contact QSM support:

a.  On your self-hosted SLIM-Collaborate web server, upgrade the installed version of SLIM-Estimate to the new version.  Contact QSM for SLIM on the Server upgrade instructions, questions, or help with the upgrade. Make sure you use the special SLIM-Estimate license codes, created for use with SLIM-Collaborate and the version of SLIM-Estimate you are upgrading to.

b.  Select Customize… | Enterprise Settings from the Admin site menu.  In the SLIM-Suite Installation section, enter the path to the newly installed version of SLIM-Estimate, then click the Save Changes button. 


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Once you have updated the Enterprise Settings to point to your desired SLIM-Suite seed workbook version and (optionally, for self-hosted sites) SLIM-Suite installation path, you should ensure that users who will use both SLIM-Suite and SLIM-Collaborate install the new desktop version.