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Working with Scorecard and Dashboard Sub-items

• By default, we won't discover subitems for Dashboard and Scorecard Object types.but conditionally we can discover subitem only for OBIEE V2 Model projects only.

• It is always recommended to build parent-level files for both dashboard and Scorecard Object types because these objects can contain dependent files that are in hidden mode. and they are necessary.

  • We have identified two types of hidden files within the Scorecard folder/Dashboad folder:

    • Some of them represent versions of the actual files (e.g., _Perspectives). these files are auto-generated when the scorecard is created.

    • Some of them are random numbers (e.g., 9817c0100ba6100085670ae4eb540000). Actually, these are SHORTCUT files created by the system when we use particular files in the scorecard.

    • These 2 file types are essential. Without them, archiving and unarchiving processes will succeed, but when you attempt to open the file, it will result in an error. And sometimes unarchive also fails.

    • in Dashboard we can see hidden files with name dashboard layout and these files are necessary.

• if you want to work with subitems for these two types of Objects, use the project property(FDOBIEE_DISCOVER_SUB_ITEMS) to Discover sub-items. which enables the sub-items for the scorecard and Dashboard based on the selection and we can see them in the File catalog.

• while working with subitems for the Scorecard and dashboard make sure to build a file along with dependent files

• When you create a package with Scorecard or Dashboard, keep the parent file (root file) sequence as one, as shown below. When you are creating it for the first time in another environment, it is mandatory to create the parent folder first, followed by the subitems; therefore, a sequence is needed.

   

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• when you build files without a timestamp and deploy them we only see the Last Accessed Attribute only gets updated. If the Object has write permission and there is a change in the object then only the Last modified attribute gets updated. permission will play crucial role please check the following document