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Thursday,April4,2013,17:08
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RepositoryBackupinODI:
Todaywewilldiscussaboutthebasicthingsneedstobedonetotaketherepositorybackup.Normallywecantakethebackupintwowaysthatiseither
fromOdiStudioorfromthedatabasewheretherepositorylies.Referthispostfortakingbackupindatabaselevel.
ManynewbieswontfeelconfidentwhiletakingbackupinOdiStudio.Belowscreenshotswillhelpyoutotakethebackupforfuturereferences.Inthis
caseIhaveonlytakentheminimumthingsforinitialstagebutyoucantakethebackupoflogs,securitysettings,technicalenvetc.

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Alwaysexporttozipfilesothatallcomponentswillbebundledtogether.ThatsthebetterwayIbelieve.

ClickOk.

Nowhereyoucantakethebackupofmasterrepositorywhichnormallykeepsalltopologyandsecuritycomponents.Ifyouwanttotakebackupofonly
topologythenjustexportit.

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Logicaltopologyisveryimportantasitwillkeepalllogicalconnection/logicalschemaacrossmultiplecontexts.

Nowyoucanimporttheminsamemanner.Itsbettertoimportthetopology,logicaltopologyandworkrepositoryrespectively.
Keepinmindthatitsbettertohavedifferentidforthetargetrepository.Youmaygetsomepopupsliketheidisnotdeclaredinthetargetrepository.If
youseethisthenclickonyestodeclaretheidinthenewrepository.Youmaygetthismultipletimes.Sokeeponclickingyestillyoudontseethe
popup.

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Similarlyyoucanimporttopologyandlogicaltopology.Thatsall.Letmeknowifyoufaceanyissue.
AbouttheAuthor

Bhabanihaswritten53storiesonthissite.
CurrentlyBhabaniisworkingasaConsultantatOracle.HehasgoodexpertiseonOracle,OracleDataIntegrator,PervasiveDataIntegrator,
SSAS,SSRSandSSIS.HeisalsocontributinginODIOTNforumforlast3years.HeisfromIndia.Ifyouwanttoreachhimthenpleasevisitcontact
mepage.Ifyouhaveanydoubtsorconcernsontheabovearticle,pleaseputyourquestionhere.DwTeamwilltrytoresponditassoonaspossible.
Alsodontforgettoprovideyourcomments/suggestions/feedbackforfurtherimprovement.Thanksforyourtime.

13ResponsestoRepositoryBackupinODI
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arjunsays:
May3,2013at5:44am
HIBabani,
Ihaveaquestion,whatisthedifferencebetweensynonymmodeinsert,synonymmodeupdateandsynonymmodeinsert_update,whentouse
theseoptions?
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Bhabanisays:
May3,2013at7:53am
Inshort
synonyminsert:objectswillbeinserted.Iftheobjectalreadyexistintherepository,theimportwillfail.
synonymupdate:Objectswillbeupdatediftheyalreadyexistintherepository.Someobjectscanbedeletedinthistypeofimport.

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synonyminsertupdate:Objectswillbeinserted.Iftheobjectalreadyexistsintherepository,theywillbeupdated.Someobjectscanbe
deletedinthistypeofimport.
duplication:newobjects(id)willbecreated.
youcanreferbelowlinkforbetterunderstanding.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/integrate.1111/e12643/export_import.htm
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arjunsays:
June1,2013at2:59am
HiBhabani,
whatissmartexport/importoptioninODI?andwhatisthedifferenceb/wexportandsmartexport.
canupleaseexplainme?
Regards,
Arjun
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Bhabanisays:
June3,2013at8:53am
Inearliercasewhenyouhadtoexportapackage,youhadtofindthedependancyobjectssuchasinterface,temporaryinterface,
variables,datastoresetcetcmanually.Againduringimportyouhaveimportthembasedontheirdependancyordertogetridof
missingreference.Thiswasquitetediousjob.Butaftertheintoductionofsmartexport/importyouneednottobotheraboutthis
dependancy.ODIwillautomaticallydetectthedependancyofthetoplevelobjectandexporttheminonexmlfile.Similarly
duringsmartimportyoucanalsohavetheoptionslikeMerge,Overwrite,CreateCopyetc.
moreonthisyoucanrefer
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/integrate.1111/e12643/export_import.htm#ODIDG1468
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arjunsays:
May3,2013at8:43am
thankyouforureplay,sirisendaxmlfiletodwteam@support.inregardingtheprobleminreverseengineeringinamodel,utoldmetosendan
xmlfile,butididntgetanyreplaysir.
Regards,
Arjun
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Bhabanisays:
May3,2013at9:40am
Sorryforthedelayedresponseonthat.Iwilldefinitelytrythisweekendandwillgetbacktoyou.
Thanksforyourpatience.
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arjunsays:
May3,2013at10:57am
thankyou,iwillwaitforyouranswer..
Regards,
Arjun
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Bhabanisays:
May6,2013at8:15am
HiArjun,
Ihavesuccessfullyreversedyourxmlfiles.Itsworkingabsolutelyfine.Notsurewhyitsanissueforyou.Pleaseseethesescreenshotfor
yourreference.

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http://dwteam.in/wpcontent/uploads/2013/05/xmlreverse_promotion.jpg
Thanks.
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Arjunsays:
May6,2013at9:50am
thankyouBhabani.
Regards,
Arjun
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AnindyaChatterjeesays:
September13,2013at8:52am
HiBhabani,
IhavetwoODIserver(supposeODI_Serv1andODI_Serv2)and
ODI_Serv2willbedecommissionedsoon.
1)SowhatllIdo?
2)WhichcontentsofODI_Serv2(Mster&WorkRep,Topologyetc.)needstobeimportedinODI_Serv1?
3)whichimportmodeisappropriate?AsIneedtousealltheprojectsofboththeservers.
Thanks
FYI:
IhavejusttriedtoimportProjects,modelsetc.butgetreferencemissingerroraftertheprojectsareimportedinODI_Serv1.
Hereistheproblem:
https://forums.oracle.com/thread/2545519
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Bhabanisays:
September13,2013at10:36am
Ifits11g,goforsmartexportandimport.Otherwiseyoucanexport/importinprojectwise.Forexamplethereisprojectnamedas
pro_demo.Beforeimportingthepro_demo,
1stcreatethephysical/logicalschemausedintheprojectinserver1.
Thenimportthemodels/datastores.
Nexttheimportcompleteproject
Alwaysselectthezipformat.RightnowyoubetterdeletetheprojectswhichisgivingmissingreferenceandproceedfromthescratchasI
said.Otherwiseyouhavetomanuallycorrectthoseinterfaces.
Thanks
Bhabani
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Deepsasays:
February28,2015at12:32pm
DearMr.Bhabani,
Needyourhelp:
Belowisthescenario.
Ihaveto2differentOBIApps11.1.7.0runningenvironments.EachenvironmentishavingseparateODImasterrepository.
IwanttomigrateODIcompletecodefromDEVtoTEST.
IunderstoodthatinOBIAppsenvironment:ODIhaveonlyoneschemainDatabaseforMasterandWorkrepository(DEV_ODI_REPO)
WhatItried:
1.MovedonlyTopologyfromDEVtoTESTthroughODIStudioExport/ImportDone
Ihavenotmovedcompletemasterrepositoryasitmovessecuritytab/filesalsoandcreateissueduringODIstudiologininTest.
2.WhentryingtomovecompleteworkrepositoryfromExport/Import,Importtakemorethendaysandstillrunning.
Itriedthisimportapproach23timesanditdidntwork.
Next:
1.CanImovecompleteMasterrepositoryschemafromDEVDBtoTESTDBbyrenamingtheDEV_ODI_REPOtoTEST_ODI_REPO.(Herei
willrenametheexistingTESTTEST_ODI_REPO_BKPschemafromTEST)
Willitmovetheworkrepositoryalsoalltogether?
WhatwillbeimpactonotherschemaasTEST_BICOMPandTEST_BICMP_IO.

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Willsynchronizationwillhappenautomaticallybetweenschemaorapplication
2.Howtobringthisnewschemainmainstream,willservicesrestartwillhelpasIwillgivethesamenameofMasterschemain
TEST(TEST_ODI_REPO).
3.HowtohandleStudiologindetailsasnownewsecurityfilesarefromDEV.
Thanks,
Deepsa
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Bhabanisays:
March6,2015at6:37am
HelloDeepsa,
Sorryforcatchingyoulate.pleasereferDocID1587872.1forallthedetailsonthis.Downloadtheworddocumentgiventhere.
AlsoIwillnotpreferyoursecondapproachrathergettingrootcauseof1stapproach.
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