Promotion Management in SAP Business Objects BI Platform

4.0
The document provides information on how to use Promotion Management tool in SAP Business Objects
BI Platform 4.x to transport various objects(webi,universe,dashboards etc) from one BO environment to
other.

Prerequisites

Access to CMC (Central Management Console)

Administrative Rights to access Promotion Management Tool from CMC.

Server Details and Credentials of both the BO environment between whom transfer needs to be
done.

If you are transferring directly between the BO Servers then both the server should be on same
network or can talk to each other.

StepsLogin to CMC

Select Promotion Management from the Manage column

Promotion Management window will get open, you will be able to see the jobs created for Objects
Transport. Click on New Job

Provide the Job details like Job Name, Description, Source (CMS) and Destination (CMS/LCMBIAR)

Source will be the CMS from where you want to transport the Objects, select Login to New CMS and
provide the credentials.

Destination can be either a CMS system where you directly want to transport the objects or LCMBIAR file
which can be imported later.
In my case I have selected CMS (Destination- CMS)

A new window will get open which will provide you option to select all the objects you need to transport.
Select the objects from the list and click Add & Close.
If you are selecting objects from different folders than select object one by one and click Add. After
adding all the objects click Add & Close.

You will be able to see the objects selected by you in the list that will be transported.

Now, here an important point to be noted-always check Manage Dependencies before transporting the
objects as this option will check the important dependent objects that needs to be transferred along with the
objects selected by user. E.g. Reports along with connection and universe.

As you click Manage Dependencies a new window will get open and will display all the dependent
objects. In my case I dont have any so its not displayed below. If you get any dependent objects then
select all of them and click Apply & Close.

Now, select all the objects that need to be transported and Click Promote.

Promotion window will get open .You will be able to see the summary, security settings and Test
Promote.

In Security Settings you can transfer the security attached to the objects along with it. Select appropriate
option as per your requirements.

Always use the Test Promote before actually transporting the objects as it will give you a rough idea and
errors that may come. Click Save.

Below you can see the results of Test Promote. You can check the status and errors if any.

Now, you will be able to see your Job created for objects transport, wait for some time and check the
status. It can be Failure, Partial Success and Success. If its successfully done you will be able to check
your objects in the destination BO Server now.

Using LCMBIARThe other case can be we are transporting the objects in LCMBIAR format and using it to import the
objects in destination BO Server.
Select Output to LCMBIAR File in the destination while creating the job.

Object selection window will come as earlier, select the objects you want to transport along withManage
Dependencies checked and click Promote.

All the setting will be same as per the earlier case except here you will be able to save the LCMBIAR file
either on your File System or using FTP. In my case I have selected File System.

Save File window will get open.

Once this is done, you can go the Promotion Management again and now select Import.
A new window will get open browse the desired file from the File System or FTP

After that a new window will come which will ask you for the Destination server details where you want
to import the LCMBIAR file. Provide the credentials of the destination and click create.
You will be able to see your job in the promotions job list Promote it and check the status for Success.

Regards,
Javed

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Antonette OberholsterApril 1, 2014 at 6:36 am

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Thanks Javed!
When you promote, what happens to existing objects? Are they skipped or overwritten?
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Shabnam ShouravApril 1, 2014 at 6:49 am

Hi Antonette
If you have collected same objects while promoting it will be overwritten.
Please open new thread if you have any questions related to promotional management.
Regards
Shabnam
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Antonette OberholsterApril 1, 2014 at 6:51 am

Thank you
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Emanuel SchellnerApril 1, 2014 at 1:30 pm

Hi,
That is generally true. Just consider that you can also create override rules, e.g. if you do not
want to override a connection.
Regards
Emanuel
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Yash PatelMay 26, 2014 at 12:51 pm

Javed you did nice job !!!!

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Suman ThangaduraiJuly 4, 2014 at 11:22 am

Bravo!!!
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Ravi ShankarJuly 10, 2014 at 3:46 pm

Hi Javed,
Nice document on promotion managementScreenshots are looking dull.
Can you please the screenshots with good visibility
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Sushma VJuly 14, 2014 at 7:12 am

Hi Javed,
Nice document on promotion management..
after connections are moved from Dev to quality my connection IP address is still showing Dev
ones, how to get ip adrress automatically changed.
Need Help!!!
Regards
sushma
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Danilo de Jesus OliveiraOctober 15, 2014 at 2:27 pm

Hi Guys,
Do you have a anwser about the question proposed by Sushma V.?
Regards,

Danilo
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Sundar KumarOctober 15, 2014 at 6:01 pm

Hi,
we need to do override settings in promotion management.
pls check this document
Promotion Management Overrides
Hope it helps,
BG,
Sundar
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Abdyshev ZhomartNovember 5, 2014 at 2:50 pm

Hi,
we have the other problem. I cant see in CMC the relational connections created in IDT 4.1 SP4.
Regards,
Zhomart
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manesh KSFebruary 20, 2015 at 12:56 pm

hi Javed,
Nice good document on Promotion management. i have a small question here.
if i have a LCMbiar file for 5 reports and i need to move only 3 reports out of it , where can i do
the selection for this. My window shows all disabled, do i have access issue here or this is
normal one.
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Timo ROUHUNKOSKIMarch 17, 2015 at 10:56 am

If I want to schedule a job that would always include all objects from particular folder, how would I
do that ?
Even if new objects are added !
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Timo ROUHUNKOSKIMarch 17, 2015 at 12:13 pm

Heres the scenario. I want automaticly to take a weekly backup copy (lcmbiar-file) of all the
reports that are in the platform. How would I achieve this to be done automaticly ?
In the Promotion management you preselect the objects and thus any newly added files are not
automaticly included or are they ?

Thanks, Timo
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Timo ROUHUNKOSKIMarch 17, 2015 at 1:48 pm

answering my own question

In the LCM command line utility I can use exportQuery parameter:
select * from ci_Infoobjects where si_kind= Webi
LCMBIAR file helps a lot to restore accidently deleted reports. No need to restore the entire
server.
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JinChong TsaiMarch 17, 2015 at 11:18 pm

In a large BO environment, you might want to filter out the instances so to limit the query output
and speed up the LCM turnaround time.
select * from ci_Infoobjects where si_kind= Webi AND SI_INSTANCE = 0
Regards,
Jin-Chong
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Timo RouhunkoskiMarch 18, 2015 at 8:43 am

Thanks for good tip. My query is now:

select top 10000 * from ci_Infoobjects where SI_INSTANCE = 0 and (si_kind= CrystalReport or
si_kind=Webi)
but this returns over 6000 reports and the export never finishes. How could I split the job ?
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Timo RouhunkoskiMarch 18, 2015 at 9:56

am
I found out that with this I can export them folder by folder:
SELECT TOP 10000 * FROM CI_INFOOBJECTS WHERE SI_KIND=Webi AND
SI_RUNNABLE_OBJECT = 0 AND SI_INSTANCE_OBJECT =
0 AND SI_ANCESTOR = 46007
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JinChong TsaiMarch 18, 2015 at 3:53

pm
Yes, or you can use DESCENDENTS(si_name=Folder Hierarchy',si_name=folder xyz and
si_kind=Folder'); I found my CMS timeout after 9 minutes if use SI_ANCESTOR.
Regards,
Jin-Chong
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Vivek MohanMay 27, 2015 at 12:43 pm

Very nice article and flow is very good

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Narendar MamidiApril 20, 2016 at 6:07 pm

Hi Everyone,
Due to some reason, I would like to stop the scheduled LCM job. I didnt find any option to stop
job which is running daily in my system.
It would be great if anyone can assist me in this case.
Thanks
Narendar M
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pavan kapalavaiMay 18, 2016 at 6:59 am

Hi Everyone,
I am new to SAP BO, i have some doubts, please see the below
how to use Promotion Management tool in SAP Business Objects BI Platform 4.0 to transport various
objects(webi,universe,dashboards etc)from one BO environment to other

1) In the above, what does it mean one BO environment to other.

2) If i want to transfer objects(Webi, crystal, universe) from 3.0 to 3.1(same as in 4.0 to
4.1) which tool i have to use(import wizard, LCM, PMT).
3) If i want to transfer objects(Webi, crystal, universe) from deployment to testing to production
in 3.0(same as in 4.0)which tool i have to use(import wizard, LCM, PMT)
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Javed Chowdhary Post authorMay 18, 2016 at 8:28 am

Hi Pavan,
1. BO environment to other means from DEV to QA or QA to PROD
2. You want to transfer from 4.0 to 3.0, please explain point 2 and 3 ??
Regards,
Javed
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pavan kapalavaiMay 18, 2016 at 9:26 am

Thanks for your reply.

i am confused when to use, please explain

1) import wizard
2) Life cycle management tool
3) Promotion management tool
4) Upgrade management tool
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Javed Chowdhary Post authorMay 18, 2016 at 10:17

am
Hi,
1. Import wizard was there in BO XI 3.0 and 3.1 for transfer between environments.
2. LCM came in BO XI 3.1 as a replacement of Import Wizard to perform transfer between
environments.
3. LCM is called as Promotion Management from BO 4.0 onward.
4. Upgrade Management tool is to upgrade from BO XI 3.x versions to BO 4.x versions
Regards,
Javed
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pavan kapalavaiMay 18, 2016 at 10:21 am

Thankyou
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pavan kapalavaiMay 30, 2016 at 3:23 am

Hi,
Please tell me
1) what are the limitations of webi and crystal reports.
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Syed AsifJune 7, 2016 at 6:41 am

I am facing a weird situation using promotion management tool on my environment BI4.2 SP01.
when importing an LCMBIAR file using IE as my browser it hangs but when I try the same with
chrome as browser it works.. Can any one faced this kind of issue? any clue?
Thanks,
Asif
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Narendar MamidiJune 7, 2016 at 3:32 pm

check whether IE you are using is compatible with SP01 or not

Thanks
Narendar M
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Thomas JgerJuly 5, 2016 at 9:17 am

How can I promote a removal/deleted files?

I.e. I have 5 links in the same folder on Dev and Prd. I delete 2 of them in Dev and I have no
authorization to delete them in Prd. How can I promote that only 3 links exists at then end in Prd?
Regards Thomas