Upgrading NBAA 7.31Pega marketing 7.4 to CDH/CS 8.7 with standalone NBAA
We are planning to upgrade our application from Pega/Marketing 7.4, nbaa 7.3.1 to Pega CDH, CRM/CS 8.7.
While we did find some details on the usage of NBAA in 8.7 CS/CRM but please let us know if there is any documentation explaining upgrade details of NBAA 7.3.1 to 8.7 CS and how it can be configured with CDH 8.7 as we are planning 2 stacks one for CRM/CS , one for CDH;
We are esp. keen to understand the usage of standalone NBAA as mentioned in https://docs-previous.pega.com/pega-next-best-action-advisor-implementation-guide/87/pega-next-best-action-advisor-implementation-scenarios [Client wish to continue with their non-Pega CS application and use Pega for NBAA/CDH parts only]
Also we understand embedded cassandra is deprecated in 8.7 but our application uses embedded cassandra for the decision data store.
What steps need to be undertaken for switching from embedded to external cassandra, esp with regards to existing data present in embedded cassandra in Pega 7.x?
***Edited by Moderator Marije to add Capability tags***
Updated: 16 Jun 2022 5:48 EDT
Pegasystems Inc.
GB
@mitrarii please could you take a look at your question which you posted this month Steps to migrate the Cassandra(embedded) data from Pega 7.31 to Pega 8.7 with external Cassandra?
Also see the guide that covers the steps for upgrading Customer Decision Hub (formerly Pega Marketing) 7.22 to 8.6.
Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd
IN
@MarijeSchillern Hi,
Yes, the Cassandra part can be taken up through my other question as mentioned by you.
1. For this query though, I just wanted to follow-up on the usage of standalone NBAA as mentioned in https://docs-previous.pega.com/pega-next-best-action-advisor-implementation-guide/87/pega-next-best-action-advisor-implementation-scenarios [Client wish to continue with their non-Pega CS application and use Pega for NBAA/CDH parts only]
I can understand how application stacks are to be re-structured during upgrade etc. but for standalone implementation, the diagram states using non-licensed version of CS which is a bit confusing. Could you please elaborate on availability non-licensed CS version as our understanding is that CS is to be obtained via licensing? And what is the built on application in such a case for NBAA - is it PegaAdvisor application?
2. The other thing we wanted to check is:-
For the restructured usage of NBAA in 8.7, our understanding is that it is available in 8.7 CRM/CS framework, and we do not need to specifically add on CS for Comms. Please confirm.
Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd
IN
@MarijeSchillern Thank you for pointing me to the post above.It does throw some light on the software.
So I believe you are referring to software as provided in the screenshot? In which case can we skip CS and CS for Comms installation and just use this for our standalone mode?
We do want to use the CS/CDH connectors available in marketplace to interface between CS/CDH applications, would they still work with just NBAA application and CDH application without installing the CS?