1. Administering Oracle Analytics Server
  2. Configure Oracle Analytics Server
  3. Manage Oracle Analytics Server Instances Using the WebLogic Server Scripting Tool
  4. Manage Service Instances
  5. import_bar

import_bar

This command has been replaced by the importarchive.sh|cmd script in bitools/bin. The script imports an already exported BAR file (service instance) to replace metadata in the target environment.

import_bar(domainHome, serviceInstanceKey, barLocation, importRpd, importWebcat, importJazn, includeCredentials)

The table lists the parameters for this command.

Parameters Description

domainHome

Path to BI domain home.

serviceInstanceKey

Key for the service instance.

barLocation

Absolute path of the BAR file for the imported service instance.

importRpd

Optional. Default is True. If you set this parameter to False, the command doesn’t import the metadata from the repository.

importWebcat

Optional. Default is True. If you set this parameter to False, the command doesn’t import the objects from the catalog.

importJazn

Optional. Default is True. If you set this parameter to False, the command doesn’t import the Jazn.

includeCredentials

Optional. Password for decrypting the content imported the repository.

For example, 

import_bar( '/scratch/mydir/oraclehome/user_projects/domains/bi','mycompany.facility', '/scratch/exportDir/mycompany.finance.bar')

import_bar('/scratch/mydir/oraclehome/user_projects/domains/bi', 'demosvc1', '/scratch/mydir/oraclehome/bi/bifoundation/samples/sampleapplite/test/SampleAppLite1.bar', true, false, false, 'Test123')

import_bar('/scratch/mydir/oraclehome/user_projects/domains/bi', 'demosvc1', '/scratch/mydir/orahome/bi/bifoundation/samples/sampleapplite/test/SampleAppLite1.bar', importRPD=true,includeCredentials='Test123')

Note:

When you import a 12.2.1.2.0 or later BAR file into an earlier Oracle Analytics Server release such as 12.2.1.1.0 and 12.2.1.0.0 and the BAR file contains dataset metadata (for example an Excel spreadsheet) that isn’t supported before 12.2.1.2.0, the dataset metadata isn’t imported and the metadata that isn’t imported also isn’t logged.

  • When you import a later version BAR file that contains dataset metadata (for example an Excel spreadsheet called sales.xls) into an earlier Oracle Analytics Server instance that doesn’t support dataset metadata, the import process silently skips the dataset metadata content in the BAR file.

  • The log file for the service instance contains information on the metadata that’s imported. The log file doesn’t provide information on the metadata that’s ignored as part of the import operation.