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What is the difference between Archiving and Downloading BI objects?

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Peter Toth
Peter Toth Rank 1 - Community Starter
edited Sep 9, 2025 8:53AM in Oracle Analytics Publisher

What is the difference between .catalog and .xdmz/.xdoz BI objects, the archive and download options thru OTBI (/analytics) and Oracle Analytics Publisher (/xmlpserver)? I understand the .xdmz/.xdoz objects can be unzipped and read thru xml format, what about the .catalog format? Both are recommended alternatives for exporting BI objects or one of them is preferred over the other?

Can you also specifically cover Support, EOL and Security perspectives?

Thanks, Peter.

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  • Rajasekhar Bandaru-Oracle
    Rajasekhar Bandaru-Oracle Rank 6 - Analytics Lead

    Hi Peter

    When you archive complete folder then file will be save as . catalog

    If you want specific data model or BIP report then the file will be saved as .xdmz/.xdoz

    Please review the given help center about catalog ACL permissions

    https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/otbi/otbi-user/migrate-content-other-catalogs.html#GUID-1E5DB720-1334-4DBE-8F1D-CE0E339B42A2

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  • Peter Toth
    Peter Toth Rank 1 - Community Starter
    https://community.oracle.com/products/oracleanalytics/discussion/comment/70650#Comment_70650

    Hi @Rajasekhar Bandaru-Oracle

    thanks for your reply, but I still don't understand the difference between the 2 options. If I'm not mistaken I can still download a complete folder thru xmlpserver into .xdrz file.
    Is there any functional, behavioral or support difference between the way the zipped formats and the .catalog archives are done?

  • Gianni Ceresa
    Gianni Ceresa Mod

    Hi,

    The catalog archive/unarchive is a catalog operation, not something that is "owned" by publisher but a feature of the catalog used by Oracle Analytics (shared with Oracle Analytics Server, Cloud etc.).

    The file you get, is a binary file that is compressed in an undocumented way that isn't designed to be manipulated by anything else than the catalog manager utility, or the catalog manager web page. It isn't limited to Publisher, it does archive objects or whole folders with all their content, and then provide an option, when unarchived to decide how to handle the security on the object (ACL): preserve the original ACL of the archived objects, inherit it from the location where you unarchive etc.

    As for the support/EoL aspect: archive/unarchive exists for the past 20+ years, and as long as there will be a catalog in an Oracle Analytics product, it will be there (and the catalog isn't going anywhere).