Data source types: Essbase, Planning, Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service, Financial Management, Reporting and Analysis, Hyperion Enterprise
Metadata consists of such things as the POV, alias tables, and connection information.
When you copy an Excel worksheet, only the data is copied. The metadata is not copied. However, after the data is copied, you can import the metadata from the original worksheet to the new one.
You can import metadata in the following:
Ad hoc mode, including Smart Slices
Forms
Functions
Query-bound functions in sheets created by Smart View copy and paste
Non-query-bound functions created by the Function Builder
Worksheets that contain reports imported from Reporting and Analysis providers
You cannot import metadata in worksheets that contain Report Designer objects, but such workbooks can be replicated by cascading as described in Cascading Reports and Ad Hoc Grids.
Note: | This procedure should be performed only by advanced users. |
To import metadata to a copied worksheet (this operation cannot be undone):
From the Smart View menu, select Options, then Advanced, and ensure that Improved Metadata Storage is selected.
Use Excel to copy a worksheet. This operation copies the visible contents of the source worksheet but not the metadata (connection information, POV selections, alias tables, and such items) to the destination worksheet.
With the destination worksheet active, from the Smart View menu, select More, then Import Metadata to display a list of all open workbooks and their corresponding open worksheets.
From the list, select the worksheet that contains the metadata that you want to import to the destination worksheet.