About OBIEE 12c catalog and RPD

Question

Hi,

I migrated from Obiee 11g to Obiee12csuccessfully using bi migration tool jar file. I can able to open migrated RPD in ONLINE mode. But i could not able to fine the RPD file location even i dont know the rpd file name. How to mention the catalog path in instanceconfig.xml ,as there is no element like <Catalogpath> in 12c.

User_USEIC · Answer

Somehow i managed to fix that issue related to DSN configuration.

User_USEIC · Answer

Many thanks Gianni, Please assist me for some more queries as I am new to this BI Environment. 1. While configuring DSN Configuration this error is throwing ? How to resolve this issue. Few hours back i was able to connect and open RPD through online mode. But now this error is throwing. 2. How can we change our own RPD ? Do we need to do changes through online mode only ? If anyone asks me only RPD then how can i share my own RPD ? As you told everything is included in BAR file. How to find that BAR file and extract content from that file ? i Searched for BAR file in my system i did not get any result. 3. I am trying to download RPD using data-model-cmd.cmd ,but it is asking OBIEE port. What exactly OBIEE Port? As we have multiple ports in bi 12c environment which port should i need to mention ? ** downloadrpd -O occam.rpd -W -U weblogic -P -SI ssi -S -N < Port ? > -SSL -Y ** occam.rpd : i gave some Random name 4. After migration it migrated Application Roles and Application polices as well as RPD. But how to check my catalog ? How to open my catalog using catalog manager ? 5. Any new features added to 12c Environment after migration ? Thanks,

Gianni Ceresa · Answer

Hi,

12c changed all these things, forget the 11g way of doing things.

The RPD file itself doesn't exist anymore, this is because of the coming support for multiple RPD etc. so they had to change things.

12c introduce the BAR file: it contains RPD + catalog + security, the migration JAR create a BAR file for example and you then deploy it.

It's why you don't specify paths anymore in config files, because the system is expecting to receive a BAR file and will manage everything.

If you can't manage to do something you were doing in 11g open a thread with what you try to do and you will get solutions / workarounds / answers about that.