Oracle BI plugin supports sourcing RPD and WebCatalog files from either development environment directly or from source code repository. SCM option requires that developers commit required files to choose of SCM. Customers can choose option that works well for them, use of SCM is preferred practice in general.

RPD

Source controlling the RPD is as simple as checking the RPD into your source code repository with the extension of rpd. It is recommended that you create separate folder for RPD file in your source code repository. You can also keep RPD configuration file in this same folder to allow for replacement of connection pool details when RPD is deployed to various environments. rpdBuild plugin operation will now recognize the rpd file and save it as artifact for deployment to other environments.

Now when you have newer version of RPD file, simply download and commit it to source code repository.

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WebCatalog

Oracle BI WebCatalog objects are deployed in specified structure. Additionally, there are few different types of objects available in Oracle BI WebCatalog. When sourcing from source code repository, FlexDeploy Oracle BI plugin requires that developers download and commit files in matching folder structure and with appropriate extension.

Oracle BI V2 project type.

Objects stored in source code repository should be named with the following extensions:

Oracle BI V1 project type:

Objects stored in source code repository should be named with the following extensions:

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