Understanding release versions

• You can identify major and maintenance (minor) releases by their version numbers. The first two numbers (year and release number) identify a major release. The third and fourth numbers in a version identify Service Pack and Hot Fix maintenance releases:

• Examples of major releases: 2018 R3 (18.3.0.0) ), 2019 R1 (19.1.0.0),

• Examples of Service Pack maintenance releases: 2018 R1 SP1 (18.1.1.0), 2019 R1 SP2 (19.1.2.0)

• Examples of Hot Fix maintenance releases: 2017 R1 F1 (17.1.0.1), 2018 R3 F1 (18.3.0.1)

• Examples of Major and Service Pack releases when the discussion includes any of their Hot Fix releases: 2018 R3 SP1 Fn (18.3.1.x), 2019 R1 Fn (19.1.0.x)

Trailing zeros are sometimes omitted, such as “18.2.1” and “19.1”,

Note that once a hot fix release is available, it typically becomes the official shipping version rather than the original major release. For example, once 2017 R1 F1 became available, 2017 R1 stopped shipping and was replaced by 2017 R1 F1.

First-time installations and major updates to existing installations can be performed with either major or maintenance releases, depending on where the product is in its lifecycle. That is, if you are currently running 2018 R2 and want to upgrade to the latest version of 2019 R1, install whatever maintenance release is current.

Note: Throughout this document, when the specific version that you must enter or type is critical, the exact version is shown. However, when general naming syntax is being discussed and an example is shown, the example does not necessarily reflect the specific current release. For example:

Change the name of the installation from the default of “apriori” to also include the version (for example, “apriori2017R1”).

If the current release is 2018 R3 SP1, then substitute the correct version, as in “apriori2018R3SP1”.