Deploys any combination of WebCatalog objects 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/Sample Lite/Reports, it will also be deployed to the same location on the target server.

In case of DataModel, property replacement on data sources will occur if the Config File Input is specified. For more information on Property Replacement for OBIEE, see OBI WebCatalog - DataModel Configuration File.

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.

Deploy operation now supports deleting WebCatalog items. To delete an item, in the Package Files tab, click the Action menu or Right click and toggle Delete option.

Note: Delete is not supported for Folder type items.

Target Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description

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.
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 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 Domain Directory	`FDWLS_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY`	Yes	Weblogic Domain Directory.(e.g. `/u01/oracle/config/domains/soa_domain`)

Project Properties

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description

Property Name	Property Code	Required	Description
OBIEE WebCat Object Path	`FDOBIEE_OBJECT_PATH`	No	The WebCatalog path to be exported. 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.
OBIEE Analytics WSDL Path	`FDOBIEE_ANALYTICS_WSDL_PATH`	No	The path to the analytics WSDL. We don’t recommend changing this option unless the OBIEE instance you are using has a different path to the analytics WSDL. Use at your own risk. Default value - /analytics-ws/saw.dll/wsdl/v7
Discover Sub-Items	`FDOBIEE_DISCOVER_SUB_ITEMS`	No	Only applicable to OBI V2 projects. Select the objects to make their sub-items to be discoverable in the file catalog. If none are selected, entire dashboards and scorecards are populated as a single item. If checked, each sub-item will be populated as separate deployable files. See input `FDOBIEE_INP_UPDATE_LAST_MODIFIED` for information about how this property works in conjunction with it.
Backup files prior to deploy	`FD_BACKUP_FILES_PRIOR_TO_DEPLOY`	No	Indicates whether a backup of the files should be performed prior to deploying the files. For more information on the backups repository see: FlexDeploy Backups Repository

Inputs

Input Name	Input Code	Required	Description

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 Save config file during build operation as artifact, or Extract it from SCM during deploy workflow or Use absolute path to location on server. (Not recommended as it requires manual setup on server) See OBI WebCatalog - DataModel Configuration File for details.
Update Last Modified	`FDOBIEE_INP_UPDATE_LAST_MODIFIED`	No	If checked, last modified will be updated to current time on web catalog item. If Keep Timestamps is checked on build then it may make sense to not check this. (Boolean) A few details: V1 projects do not allow selecting portions of scorecards or dashboards for deployment, so if checked, the entire scorecard or dashboard will be marked as updated. This is done with a recursive request to OBI to update the timestamp. V2 projects allow with project property `FDOBIEE_INP_UPDATE_LAST_MODIFIED` checked will set individual timestamps on the exact objects that are deployed. This call is not recursive, so if the dashboard is deployed as a unit, its contents will retain their existing last modified dates.

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 Target. Selecting a specific resource will result in selection of endpoints associated to the Target 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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