QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > Installation-Conversion > Conversion Guide > Conversion Execution > Prepare Source Databases
  
Prepare Source Databases
If the Progress version of the databases (qaddb and qadadm) differs from the Progress version in the new QAD product environment, convert the databases to the new Progress version using the Progress proutil utility.
For additional information about the proutil utility, see the Progress OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration guide.
Conversion execution will not start if there are errors in the Data Preparation Report. Resolve all pre-conversion errors before proceeding with the conversion.
Note: The user mfg must exist within the source database and have a blank password. This is required for the conversion to successfully start a Financials session when executing the SE to EE Financial conversions.