Compatibility Guide and Upgrade Planning

This page provides a table listing support for the third party applications that are required to run PhixFlow at major releases:

A database server
An application server
Java runtime environment
A web browser (on the client side)

The table below also includes information on any special upgrade instructions that you should be aware of when planning to migrate to a new version. While the upgrade process for PhixFlow itself is fast, please use the table below to determine if you need to plan with your IT department to upgrade any other software.

We are planning not to support the following old database versions in releases after 31st March 2018. Please contact the support desk if you are currently using any of these versions and are not planning to change by then. We'll plan continued support if needed with your input. If you are on one of these versions we recommend that you upgrade to a later version.

Oracle 11g

SQL Server 2012

MariaDB 10.0

PhixFlow Major Version	Databases Supported			Tomcat	Java Runtime	Browsers			Special upgrade instructions
PhixFlow Major Version	Oracle	MS SQL Server	Maria DB	Tomcat	Java Runtime	IE	Chrome¹	Firefox¹	Special upgrade instructions
7.4	12c 11g	2016 2014 2012	10.1 10.0	8.5	8	11	62	56	Advisory: If using Oracle upgrade to version 12c. If using Oracle 12c, update the phixflow-datasource.xml file to resolve an issue that can affect configuration imports; see Oracle 12c - edit phixflow-datasource.xml for details.
7.3	12c 11g	2016 2014 2012	10.1 10.0	8.5	8	11	60	55	Mandatory: Upgrade to Tomcat 8.5
7.2	12c 11g	2016 2014 2012	10.1 10.0	8.5 8 7	8	11	55	50	If using SQL Server, you need to update the SQLServer dialect specified in the `phixflow-datasource.xml` file. See: Release 7.2.0
7.1	12c 11g	2016 2014 2012	10.1 10.0	8.5 8 7	8	11 10	55	50	Advisory: Upgrade to Tomcat 8.5 Advisory: If using Oracle upgrade to version 12c.
7.0	12c 11g	2016 2014 2012	10.1 10.0	8.5 8 7	8	11 10	53	47	Mandatory: Install Java 8. Advisory: Upgrade to Tomcat 8.5 Advisory: If using Oracle upgrade to version 12c.
6.0	12c 11g	2008 R2	10.1 10.0	8 7	7	8.0	53	47
5.9	12c 11g	2008 R2	-	8 7	7	8.0	-	-	Please see additional special upgrade instructions for this release at Upgrade 5.9.0
5.8	11g	2008 R2	-	7	7	8.0	-	-

¹ We support the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox. However, because both Chrome and Firefox continually upgrade, the versions tested at the time this page was published are listed here. Should you have any problems with the latest version of these browsers, please contact the PhixFlow support desk.