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Migration of Report Content

Report content can be migrated on Windows using the Import Wizard. The Import Wizard is a locally-installed Windows application that guides administrators through the process of importing users, groups, and folders into BusinessObjects Enterprise.

The Import Wizard runs on the Windows platform, but can be used to import information into BusinessObjects Enterprise systems running any supported Windows or UNIX operating system.

The Import Wizard provides a series of screens that guide you through the process of importing and exporting Business Intelligence content such as user accounts, groups, folders, reports, universes, security, servers, and other objects. Various dialogs may appear depending on the source environment and the types of information that you choose to import.

You can use the Import Wizard to import content from BusinessObjects Enterprise into your current BusinessObjects Enterprise deployment. You can also export content from a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x deployment to a Business Intelligence Archive Resource (BIAR) file, or import content from a BIAR file to your BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x deployment.

You can choose to merge the contents of the source repository into the destination repository, or you can update the destination with the contents of the source CMS. You may also choose to import from or export to BIAR files.

You can also use the Import Wizard to back up XI 3.x server configuration settings to a BIAR file, and restore server settings from a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x BIAR file to a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x deployment.

Note: Business Objects does not support moving Business Intelligence (BI) content from a recent version of BusinessObjects Enterprise to an earlier version of the same release using BIAR files, the Import Wizard, or any other Business Objects Life Cycle Management (LCM) Tool. For example, reports, documents, and any other content from a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2 SP3 system cannot be moved to a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2 SP2 environment.

Before starting this procedure, ensure that you have the Administrator account credentials for both the source and the destination environments. You can use a Delegated Administrator account for a BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x source or destination environment.

The overall process is divided into the following general procedures:

  1. Specify the source environment.
  2. Specify the destination environment.
  3. Select the types of objects to import.
  4. Select an Import Scenario, which determines whether to merge or update the objects that you import.
  5. Select the specific objects to import.