Export Your Content

The way you export content from Oracle BI Enterprise Edition depends whether you're migrating from Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 11g or Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 12c.

Export Content from Oracle BI EE 11g

If you use Oracle Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 11g, Oracle recommends that you export your content to Oracle Analytics Server and then use a snapshot to migrate your content to Oracle Analytics Cloud.

For more information, see:

Export Content from Oracle BI EE 12c

Delete old content in your catalog and semantic model .rpd file and then use the WLST command exportarchive to capture the content you want to migrate to Oracle Analytics Cloud in a BAR file.

Note:

When you run this command, Oracle BI Enterprise Edition goes into maintenance mode to limit write-access during the export process.

In Oracle BI Enterprise Edition, delete old content in your catalog and semantic model .rpd file.

Oracle recommends that you delete old content before you migrate to Oracle Analytics Cloud. Migration is the perfect time to audit your content and delete any folders and content that you don't need anymore.
Run the WLST command exportarchive.sh.
Use the syntax:
```
[DOMAIN_HOME]/bitools/bin/exportarchive.sh <service instance key> <export directory>
```
Where:
- service instance key - Typically, the service instance key is ssi.
- export directory - Destination directory for the BAR file you want to export.
For example:
```
[DOMAIN_HOME]/bitools/bin/exportarchive.sh ssi /tmp
```
Navigate to the export directory to locate the BAR file named ssi.bar.
The BAR file is exported to a sub-directory under the export directory that you specified. For example, if you specified/tmp, you'll find the BAR file under a sub-directory with a name similar to this:
```
/tmp/1599066229133/ssi.bar
```