I'm new to pentaho, so I downloaded a portable version (PDI 7.1) and created a project, jobs and transformations. But now I need to use version 8.2 so Im installing it, does my project in 7.1 need to be changed somehow? how do I upgrade it to the 8.2 version of pentaho? I have tried searching for configurations that indicate the version inside the project but couldn't find any. Is pentaho backwards compatible?
open your existing project from within the new version of PDI. Your project should be OK, barring any inconsistencies between your PDI versions (plugins loaded, deprecated steps, etc.)