Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Planning Forms Migrations

By using the use FormDefUtil Utility command we can migrate the Planning forms. This command can be found in Bin Folder.

Path
Hyperion 9.3.1 Path: C:\Hyperion\Planning\bin\FormDefUtil
Hyperion 11 Path: C:\Hyperion\products\Planning\bin


Usage:

FormDefUtil -f :<>



Example:
FromDefUtil import -all hypplan admin Budget

Parameters:

-All - It imports all the forms from the environment
Hypplan - Server name
Admin - User name
Budget - Application Name

Essbase Migration

Essbase Migration Procedure

· Take the Backup of the data current Outline by using Export All data and save them as .Txt file
· Create the app in the destination server (this will create the .app, .dbb, .otl, .esm, .tct files)
· Extract level zero data from the source app
· Copy the .otl, .csc, .rul, .rep from source app location to target app location.
· Import the level zero data
· Start the target app.