Deploys any combination of WebCatalog objects or the RPD to the target OBIEE environment. Objects Objects will be deployed at the same path they were built from, e.g. if a report was built from /shared/SampleLiteSample Lite/Reports, it will also be deployed to the same location on the target server.
In the case of the RPDDataModel, property replacement on variables and connection pool information data sources will occur if the Config File input is specified. For more information on Property Replacement for OBIEE, see RPD Configuration File Setup. In the case of DataModels, property replacement on datasources will occur if the Config File Input is specified. For For more information on Property Replacement for OBIEE, see Datamodel OBI WebCatalog - DataModel Configuration File Setup. If both RPD and DataModel replacement is desired, please combine all the configuration into one common file and specify that one file in the Config File Input.
When deploying to 12C, it may not be necessary to specify the replacement values as OBI 12c takes care of the replacement for you in the target environment. If deploying to a new environment, it would be helpful. If your changes don't seem to be working in 12C, verify that the override files contain the correct data. They will override the values that FlexDeploy uses.
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Before version 4.0.3.34, When deploying the RPD to 11g, the OBIEE processes are restarted as part of the operation.
In version 4.0.3.34 and following, restarting the OBI services is optional, and also provided as a separate plugin operation, restartObiServices. It can be run on OBI 11g or 12c.
The list of properties here refers to version 4.0.3.34. Please upgrade to that version if you haven't yet.
Environment/Instance Properties
Property Name | Property Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
OBIEE Server Port | FDOBIEE_SERVER_PORT | Yes | The managed server port number for OBIEE.(e.g. 9502 |
or 9704) | |||
| OBIEE Server Host | FDOBIEE_SERVER_HOST | Yes | The managed server host name for OBIEE. |
| OBIEE Server Use SSL | FDOBIEE_SERVER_USE_SSL | Yes | Check if the connection to the managed server should be made using t3s. Otherwise, it will be made using t3. Defaults to false. @Since 5.2.0.5 |
| OBIEE Server User | FDOBIEE_USER | Yes | The user to log into OBIEE. Should have sufficient privileges to move and upload data. |
| OBIEE Server Password | FDOBIEE_PASSWORD | Yes | The password for the user to login to OBIEE. |
| Oracle |
The oracle BI home. (e.g. /oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/Oracle_BI1)
| Middleware |
| Home |
| (MW_HOME) | FD_ORACLE_MW_HOME |
| Yes | The Oracle Middleware Home (which has subfolders such as oracle_common, wlserver, coherence*, etc.) (e.g. /u01/oracle/products/fmw) |
| Weblogic |
Required for OBI 11G. Not used in 12C.
The oracle BI instance home.(e.g. /oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/instances/FDBI01)
| Domain Directory | FDWLS_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY |
| Yes | Weblogic Domain Directory.(e.g. /u01/oracle/config/domains/soa_domain) |
Required for OBI 12C build and deploy of the RPD. Not used in 11G.
The Oracle BI Service instance name.(e.g. ssi)
Required for OBI 12C restarts. Not used in 11G.
The Oracle BI instance names to restart in the OBI 12C restart operation.(e.g. obis1,obis2)
Project Properties
Property Name | Property Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBIEE WebCat Object Path | FDOBIEE_OBJECT_PATH | No | The WebCatalog path to be exported. |
Leave blank to export the RPD instead.
Separate folders with a forward slash (/). The value must be the same during the build and deploy, so if it is desired to change the value, please perform a new build. |
Inputs
Input Name | Input Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Copy Object Permissions | FDOBIEE_INP_COPY_PERMISSIONS | Yes | Upload object with exported permissions. If false, parent folder permissions in deploy environment will be used. |
| Overwrite Object | FDOBIEE_INP_OVERWRITE_OBJECT | Yes | If object already exists in deployment environment, should it be overwritten with this one. |
| Config File | FDOBIEE_INP_CONFIG_FILE | No | Config file name for |
DataModel property replacement |
. Config file can be absolute path or relative to artifacts folder. If you are using config file from temp folder, then use FD_TEMP_DIR variable to indicate absolute path (using groovy expression for input). You can either
See OBI WebCatalog - DataModel Configuration File for details. |
Outputs
Output Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
Artifacts
This operation consumes the artifacts produced from the obiBuild operation.
Endpoint Selection
This operation delegates endpoint selection to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default the selection to "All", which selects all available endpoints associated to the environment instance. Selecting a specific resource will result in selection of endpoints associated to the environment instance which have that resource defined.
Endpoint Execution
This operation delegates endpoint execution to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default to "Any", which will execute on any one of the selected endpoints, which will be randomly picked from selected endpoints or a specific endpoint where previous step may have executed. Changing this value to "All" to will result in execution on all selected endpoints.