Lifecycle Management provides a consistent way for Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System products to migrate an application, a repository, or individual artifacts across product environments and operating systems. Generally, the Lifecycle Management interface in Shared Services Console is consistent for all EPM System products that support Lifecycle Management. However, EPM System products display different artifact listings and export and import options in the Lifecycle Management interface.
You can select one or more of the following Profitability and Cost Management artifacts for migration through Lifecycle Management:
Application preferences
Driver definitions
Stage definitions
POV definitions
Driver selections (Driver Rules and Driver Exceptions)
Regular Assignments
Assignment Rules
Assignment Rule Selections
Using Lifecycle Management features, you can perform the following tasks:
View applications and folders
Search for artifacts
Migrate directly from one application to another
Migrate to and from the file system
Save and load migration definition files
View selected artifacts
Audit migrations
View the status of migrations
Importing and exporting individual artifacts for quick changes on the file system
In addition to providing the Lifecycle Management interface in Oracle's Hyperion® Shared Services Console, there is a command-line utility called Lifecycle Management Utility that provides an alternate way to migrate artifacts from source to destination. The Lifecycle Management Utility can be used with a third-party scheduling service such as Windows Task Scheduler or Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Lastly, there is a Lifecycle Management Application Programming Interface (API) that enables users to customize and extend the Lifecycle Management functionality.
For detailed information about Lifecycle Management, see the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Lifecycle Management Guide.