Summary

This article discusses how Technopedia product version EOL dates are captured.

Synopsis

This article discusses how Technopedia product version EOL dates are captured.

Discussion

The Flexera Content process captures the EOL date for a Minor Version only if it is different from the Major Version. This is indicated by the IS_MAJOR attribute on the Software Release table. If IS_MAJOR indicates 'yes', it's a Major Version.

If the EOL date is the same for Versions indicated as Major and Minor, Technopedia only captures EOL Date for the Major Version. In those cases, this decision was made based on customer demand to only capture the Major Version.

In this case, the minor version with the same EOL dates, would be tracked to the Major version. 

There may be some historical entries where Technopedia captured the EOL for a Minor Version even if it is the same as the Major Version, but this is not a cause for concern.

If some EOL data look different for the same product this is probably because a Service Pack or Subversion exists that has different EOL dates. To check the differences, add the PATCHLEVEL attribute from the Software Release table and VERSION and SUBVERSION attributes from the Software Version table to your query to review and compare the detail.