It is possible to deploy a SOAP web service outside of OAC, then invoke this web service through an Action that runs as part of the Agent. Many years ago we used to have a sample web service for this. We no longer have that sample, but it's still possible. You will have to code the web service yourself so that it accepts…

Did you try: ./exportarchive ssi /theoutputDir < /path/filewithpwd where filewithpwd is a text file holding the password to use to encrypt the archive

This feature is generally available in the September 2022 update. Note that downloading a Snapshot (if required) would use the Storage Service API. https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/analytics-cloud/acswn/index.html#ACSWN-GUID-CFF90F44-BCEB-49EE-B40B-8D040F02D476

This feature is generally available in the September 2022 update https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/analytics-cloud/acswn/index.html#ACSWN-GUID-CFF90F44-BCEB-49EE-B40B-8D040F02D476

Please take a look at this Content functionality under the Console: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/analytics-cloud/acabi/manage-content.html

We are in Limited Availability right now for this feature. You can email me for the details if you have a pressing use case.

We have features in the pipeline for admins to manage objects e.g. change ownership. We also have features in the pipeline to add access controls for Data Flows. I can't give a release or date, but these features are on our roadmap.

So what you are asking for is support for Parquet files (in addition to the existing xlsx and csv support), plus a connector to Azure Blob Storage and Oracle Object Storage?

The detail that is generally missing from this discussion is a description of what kind of object/data you expect to use that is stored in the object storage. Are you talking about xlsx and csv that Data Sets can consume or something else? If it's something else, how do you intend to use it?

We do have some plans in this area similar to using Presentation Variables in Dashboard Prompts. No dates or specs to share at this point, but definitely something we've been looking into.

Snapshots are your best approach for a full backup and restore. OAS has command line scripts that you can use to automate these. OAC has a Data Migration Utility (and a REST API in the works). However, if you need to be more granular about what to backup or restore you might look at the Catalog Manager's command line…

If an agent is set to run as a specific user who potentially has access to other sensitive data it would not be good if another user could change the content or recipient list for this agent as that would be a potential permission escalation. Another user who has access to update the agent can still change that…