Best Practices for Reporting and Performance Analytics Upgrades (Lener)

Review the Performance Analytics, Reporting, and Dashboard release notes for the version you are upgrading to
Test any custom visualization or custom interactive filters
Run all active jobs (excluding on-demand) and look for any new errors
Check insert counts and run times pre and post upgrade to identify any significant changes.
Starting with Kingston, review the diagnostics on a sub prod prior to upgrading to prod)
Review the application indicators (OOTB and Custom) with application owners to ensure everything is still relevant.
Review new content packs, we keep adding more and more and more (which is awesome but doesn't do any good if no one looks at it)
Dashboard Owners should review their dashboards after the initial post-upgrade collection
Review the PA Solution Library (activate via plugin) to review updates and new content with the new release. It also provides descriptions of the dashboard content, with screenshots.