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Upgrading the Analytics Web Catalog to the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog

Upgrading the Siebel Analytics Web Catalog to the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog makes use of three catalogs:

• The Original Siebel Analytics Web Catalog. This is the Web Catalog that you received with the currently-installed Siebel applications.
• The Current Presentation Catalog. This is the Presentation Catalog that is installed in the OracleBIData\web\catalog folder with the installation of Oracle BI Infrastructure.
• The Modified Web Catalog. This is the Web Catalog that you are currently using.

You use Catalog Manager for this upgrade process. Catalog Manager compares the content in both the Current Presentation Catalog and the Modified Web Catalog with the content in the Original Siebel Analytics Web Catalog, merges any changes into the Current Presentation Catalog, and produces a list of upgrade differences, which you must resolve by indicating how you want the differences handled. If the catalogs have conflicting content, you can choose which catalog the content should be taken from. The end result is a merged Presentation Catalog that contains the site-specific changes, as well as new metadata.

To update the Presentation Catalog to a newer version

1. Make a backup copy of the Modified Web Catalog, rename the folder <catalogname>_old, and move it to a temporary location.
2. Copy the Original Siebel Analytics Web Catalog into the folder that holds your Modified Presentation Catalog and rename it <catalogname>_Original.
3. Start Catalog Manager and open the Current Presentation Catalog in offline mode.
4. Choose Tools > Upgrade Catalog.
5. In the Original Presentation Catalog field, browse to locate the Original Siebel Analytics Web Catalog.
6. In the Modified Presentation Catalog field, browse to locate your Modified Web Catalog, <catalogname>_old.
7. Click OK.
8. Resolve any upgrade differences as follows:
   1. Review each unresolved difference in the Unresolved differences list.
   2. For each unresolved difference, select the version that you want to keep.
   3. Click OK.

      NOTE:  The log file SiebelAnalyticsMigrationLog.txt holds information about the merge process. This log file is written to the location that holds the Presentation Catalog. If you get an error logged in the file, this means that the path in question had a problem that did not allow the merge mechanism to resolve the merge. No action was taken. To merge that particular item, go into your original Presentation Catalog and merge it manually.

9. Review the upgraded Web Catalog, and, if necessary, set permissions for objects.
10. Save the Current Presentation Catalog.