Configuration Lab (ConfigLab)

Note: This functionality is not available in all Framework-based products. Oracle recommends that customers use Configuration Migration Assistant (CMA) for their configuration data migration needs. ConfigLab may continue to be used for migration of master and transaction data for those products that support the tool. For details about features and functionality for the CMA facility, see the Configuration Migration Assistant section in this document.
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This chapter is intended for users responsible for testing configuration data and performing "what if" analysis in non-production databases.

In order to implement new business practices, users change configuration data. The best way to confirm the system will work as desired is to test the changes using production data before the changes are promoted to production. The Configuration Lab (or ConfigLab) tools exist to support this methodology; specifically, the ConfigLab tools allow you to:

The ConfigLab tools have many uses in addition to testing configuration data and promoting the changes to production. To illustrate some of the options, the following points describe ways that Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing users can apply the ConfigLab tools:

In summary, the ConfigLab tools can be used to compare and promote data between any two databases.

The topics that follow describe how to use the ConfigLab.