Deploys any combination of WebCatalog objects or the RPD to the target OBIEE environment. Objects will be deployed at the same path they were built from, e.g. if a report was built from /shared/SampleLite/Reports it will also be deployed to the same location on the target server.

In the case of the RPD, property replacement on variables and connection pool information 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 more information on Property Replacement for OBIEE, see 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.

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 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 BI Web Catalog Home	FDOBIEE_WEBCAT_HOME	Yes	The native location of the webcatalog. Ex: /%BI HOME%/content/catalog/root/
OBIEE RPD Name	FDOBIEE_RPD_NAME	Yes	The RPD name on the OBIEE server. (e.g. liverpd)
OBIEE RPD Password	FDOBIEE_RPD_PASSWORD	Yes	The RPD password on the OBIEE server.
Oracle BI Home	FD_ORACLE_BI_HOME	Yes	The oracle BI home. (e.g. /oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/Oracle_BI1)
Oracle BI Domain Path	FD_ORACLE_BI_DOMAIN	Yes	The oracle BI domain home. (e.g. /oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain)
Oracle Middleware Home (MW_HOME)	FD_ORACLE_MW_HOME	11G	The Oracle Middleware Home (which has subfolders such as oracle_common, wlserver, coherence*, etc.) (e.g. /u01/oracle/products/fmw)
Oracle Weblogic Home (WL_HOME)	FDWLS_WEBLOGIC_HOME	11G	Weblogic Home Directory. (e.g. /u01/oracle/products/fmw/wlserver)
Oracle BI Instance Path	FD_ORACLE_BI_INSTANCE	11G	Required for OBI 11G. Not used in 12C. The oracle BI instance home.(e.g. /oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/instances/FDBI01)
Weblogic Admin Listen Port	FDWLS_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT	11G	The admin server port, (e.g. 7001)
Weblogic Domain Directory	FDWLS_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY	11G	Weblogic Domain Directory.(e.g. /u01/oracle/config/domains/soa_domain)
Oracle BI Service Instance Name	FDOBIEE_SERVICE_INSTANCE_NAME	12C	Required for OBI 12C build and deploy of the RPD. Not used in 11G. The Oracle BI Service instance name.(e.g. ssi)
Weblogic Admin User	FDWLS_ADMIN_USER	11G Restarts only	The user to restart the servers in 11G
Weblogic Admin Password	FDWLS_ADMIN_PASSWORD	11G Restarts only	The password for FDWLS_ADMIN_USER
Weblogic Admin Listen Address	FDWLS_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS	11G Restarts only	The admin server hostname
Weblogic Admin SSL Connection	FDWLS_ADMIN_USE_SSL	11G Restarts only	If checked, the connection to the server will be done with SSL.
Oracle BI Instance Names	FDOBIEE_INSTANCE_NAMES	12C restarts only	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 RPD property replacement. If a checkoutFolder was used, it should be specified here: checkoutFolder/ConfigFile.properties

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.

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