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Downloads WebCatalog objects from an OBIEE server to the file system.  This operation can be used from a utility workflow, which can also be augmented to sync the files to a source control management system (such as Git or Subversion). This allows the OBIEE project which is used for build and deployment to source from a source code repository rather than a development instance of OBIEE.
This operation does not download the parent folders that may be required for deployment, only the files inside of a specific location.
Endpoint RequirementThis operation uses must be executed on the endpoint which contains the OBIEE WebLogic Server.

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Target Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

OBIEE Server Host

FDOBIEE_SERVER_HOST

Yes

The managed server host name for OBIEE.

OBIEE Server Port

FDOBIEE_SERVER_PORT

Yes

The managed server port number for OBIEE.(e.g. 9502)

OBIEE Server User

FDOBIEE_USER

Yes

The user to log into OBIEE. Should have sufficient privileges to move and upload data.

OBIEE Server Password

FDOBIEE_PASSWORD

Yes

The password for the user to login to OBIEE.

OBIEE Server SSL Connection

FDOBIEE_SERVER_USE_SSL

Yes

Indicates whether the managed server for OBIEE is using SSL.

Oracle Middleware Home (MW_HOME)

FD_ORACLE_MW_HOME

Yes

The Oracle Middleware Home (which has subfolders such as oracle_common, wlserver, coherence*, etc.) (e.g. /u01/oracle/products/fmw)

Discover Thread Count

FDOBIEE_DISCOVER_THREAD_COUNT

No

Number of threads to use when discovering files for the File Catalog from the OBI server.

Defaults to 3.

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Project Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

OBIEE Analytics WSDL Path

FDOBIEE_ANALYTICS_WSDL_PATH

No

The path to the analytics WSDL. We don’t recommend changing this option unless the OBIEE instance you are using has a different path to the analytics WSDL. Use at your own risk.

Default value - /analytics-ws/saw.dll/wsdl/v7

Discover Sub-Files

FDOBIEE_DISCOVER_SUB_ITEMS

No

Select the objects to make their sub-files to be discoverable in the file catalog.

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Inputs

Input Name

Input Code

Required

Description

WebCatalog Object Path

FDOBIEE_INP_OBJECT_PATH

Yes

CSV list of WebCatalog path to be downloaded. Separate folders with a forward slash (/). Path can be for folders or individual files or both.

Examples

/shared/Sample Lite/Sample Reports,/shared/Sample Lite/Sample Reports/Trellis

/shared/Sample Lite/Sample Reports/Hierarchies.Folder,/shared/Sample Lite/Sample Reports/Orders.Analysis,/shared/Sample Lite/Sample Reports/Orders Details.Dashboard Prompt

For OBI V1 projects, folders are always downloaded as a .fldr file. Their contents are not downloaded.

For OBI V2 projects, folders are downloaded as a file if the path given ends with the extension .folder. Otherwise, the folder is downloaded recursively.

Target Project Type

FDOBIEE_INP_DOWNLOAD_PRJ_TYPE

Yes

The FlexDeploy project type that will be used to build and deploy the downloaded objects. Defaults to recommended type of Oracle BI 2.0.

Download Folder

FDOBIEE_INP_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER

No

Absolute or relative target folder path. Relative path will be assumed in FD_TEMP_DIR.

Copy Object Permissions

FDOBIEE_INP_COPY_PERMISSIONS

Yes

Copy object with current permissions. If false, parent folder permissions in deploy environment will be used.

Keep Timestamps

FDOBIEE_INP_PRESERVE_TIMESTAMPS

Yes

Download object with timestamp details.

Discover Sub-Files

FDOBIEE_INP_DISCOVER_SUB_ITEMS

No

Select the objects to make their sub-files to be discoverable in the file catalog.

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Artifacts

This operation does not produce any artifacts.

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Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates endpoint selection to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default the selection to “All”, which selects all available endpoints associated to the Target. Selecting a specific resource will result in selection of endpoints associated to the Target which have that resource defined.

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Endpoint Execution

This operation delegates endpoint execution to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default to “Any”, which will execute on any one of the selected endpoints, which will be randomly picked from selected endpoints or a specific endpoint where previous step may have executed. Changing this value to “All” to will result in execution on all selected endpoints.