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Copy Data to your BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Deployment

When you perform a complex upgrade to BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1, the CA Business Intelligence installer provides the option to create a CMS database for the deployment or to specify an existing database as the CMS database. If you are performing a complex upgrade to BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1, copy your Business Intelligence content from your existing BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2 CMS database to your BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 CMS database. You can do this copy through the CCM or by using the Import Wizard.

When you copy the CMS data through the CCM, all the objects of the CMS are copied at once. This method is the simplest and quickest solution if you want to copy your entire CMS database content.

The Import Wizard allows you to select and copy specific objects from a CMS. This method is the best option if you want to only import a subset of the source objects into the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 system.

Note: When you use the CCM to copy the contents of a database, it reinitializes the destination database. This means that any data in the destination database is deleted. If you are copying data from a source database, and you want to preserve data that exists in the destination database, use the Import Wizard.

If you are using the CCM to copy your content to your BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 deployment, perform the following steps.

• Use the CCM to copy the data from your existing CMS database to your BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 CMS database.
• Repoint the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 Input and Output File Repositories to the locations of the existing repositories, or copy the files in the existing file repositories to the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 file repositories.
• Use the CCM to update the objects in your CMS repository. This step adds the properties to the objects copied from the CMS that BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 requires.

Note: If you have performed a simple upgrade, the installation program automatically copies your content to your BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 deployment.