Moving Converted Reports to the Oracle BI Publisher Repository

This step is only required if you did not specify for Oracle Reports to BI Publisher Conversion Assistant to automatically upload the converted reports to Oracle BI Publisher Catalog.

You can manually upload the converted report components using one of the following methods:

Method 1: Move the .xdo and .xdm folder files to the BI Publisher Repository Path in the File System

To use this method, you must have access to the server file system. Oracle recommends that you use this method only when you have a large number of converted reports.

After you move the .xdo and .xdm folder files to the BI Publisher repository path in the file system, the next step depends on your implementation:

If BI Publisher is deployed standalone (not part of Oracle BI Enterprise Edition), move the .xdo and .xdm folder files to the BI Publisher repository path in the file system. Ensure that you place each report definition (.xdo) and data model (.xdm) pair in the same folder. You do not need to restart the BI Publisher Server.

If BI Publisher is integrated with BI Presentation Services Catalog, perform the following steps:

  1. Move the .xdo and .xdm folder files to the BI Publisher repository path in the file system. Ensure that you place each report definition (.xdo) and data model (.xdm) pair in the same folder.
  2. Navigate to the BI Publisher Server Administration page, and select Server Configuration. On the Server Configuration page, in the Catalog region, click Upload to BI Presentation Catalog. You do not need to restart the BI Publisher Server.

Method 2: Upload the .xdoz and .xdmz zip files using the BI Publisher UI

To use this method, you must have Write permissions on the folder in the catalog to which you are uploading and you must have one of the following roles: BI Publisher Administrator, BI Publisher Template Designer, BI Publisher Developer, or BI Author.

  1. Log in to the BI Publisher server (for example,http://www.<host>:<port>/xmlpserver)
  2. Select the folder in the catalog to which you want to upload the report.
  3. In the Tasks region, click Upload. Click Browse to locate the report component (.xdoz or .xdmz) to upload. Repeat this step for each object, ensuring that you upload each report definition (.xdoz) and data model (.xdmz) pair to the same folder.