--- title: Upgrading a Siemens S7 TIA Portal Project description: This is a best practice recommendation for upgrading a Siemens Step7 TIA Portal project, while using Copia --- [Skip to content](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/upgrading-a-siemens-s7-tia-portal-project#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![](https://help.copia.io/hubfs/Logo_Hotdog_BlackWhite%20(1).svg) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - Contact us Contact us How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Copia Help Center](https://help.copia.io/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Source Control FAQ](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en) 3. [Best Practices](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#best-practices) # Upgrading a Siemens S7 TIA Portal Project ## This is a best practice recommendation for upgrading a Siemens Step7 TIA Portal project, while using Copia ### Upgrading a Siemens Step7 TIA Portal project with Copia When opening a Siemens Tep7 TIA Portal project with a later editor, you get something like this: ![](https://help.copia.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-02-47-6260-PM.png?width=975&height=534&name=image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-02-47-6260-PM.png) To perform the upgrade, Copia recommends the following process, so that you can have a clean Git history during upgrade, and there is no issues while the auto-archive process is performed during the upgrade: *(**TL:DR;** (1) Upgrade/Commit, (2) Delete the old/Commit, (3) Rename the new/commit)* #### **Process (step-by-step):** 1. Perform upgrade, and a new project gets created *(NOTE: It will rename it with a version number, this is fine, it will be fixed in step #3)* 1. Close the upgraded project in the TIA Portal editor 2. Return to the Copia Desktop App 3. Wait for the new Project to appear in the Changes tab 4. Commit the change 2. Delete old project folder 1. Return to the desktop app, and it should ask: ![](https://help.copia.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-03-12-2912-PM.png?width=680&height=247&name=image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-03-12-2912-PM.png) 2. Choose “Delete” 3. Commit the change 3. In Windows, rename both the upgraded project file (i.e. projectname\_V##.ap##), and the project folder back to the original project name. 1. Return to the desktop app, and it should ask: ![](https://help.copia.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-03-25-3063-PM.png?width=694&height=252&name=image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-03-25-3063-PM.png) 2. Choose “Delete” *(NOTE: This is fine, a new archive is/has been created based on the new name)* 3. Commit the change You should now have a clean git history of the steps taken during the upgrade, and you have an upgraded project that is the same name (*other than the extension*) as the original. ![](https://help.copia.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-03-36-4172-PM.png?width=761&height=393&name=image-png-Sep-19-2024-02-03-36-4172-PM.png) - [Getting Started](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Sales Wiki](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en#sales-wiki) - [Account Management](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en#account-management) - [Customer Experience](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en#customer-experience) - [Source Control FAQ](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Web App](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#web-app) - [Git Questions](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#git-questions) - [Desktop App](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#desktop-app) - [Tutorials](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#tutorials) - [Best Practices](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#best-practices) - [Source Control](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/source-control-faq?hsLang=en#source-control) - [DeviceLink FAQ](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/devicelink-faq?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Siemens TIA Portal](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/devicelink-faq?hsLang=en#siemens-tia-portal) - [Agent](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/devicelink-faq?hsLang=en#agent) - [General](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/devicelink-faq?hsLang=en#general) - [Rockwell Studio 5000](https://help.copia.io/knowledge/devicelink-faq?hsLang=en#rockwell-studio-5000) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.copia.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo_Hotdog_BlackTeal-1.png?width=87&height=24&name=Logo_Hotdog_BlackTeal-1.png "Chill listening crop-3")](http://copia.io) 43 W 24th St, 6th Floor New York, NY 10010 [mailto:email@email.com](mailto:email@email.com) Copyright © 2025, Copia Automation, Inc.