About the Migration Task Flow
You use migration tools to migrate content from Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to Oracle Analytics Cloud. Before you start the migration, you need to prepare and set up a target Oracle Analytics Cloud instance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2). Here's what you need to do.
Prepare to Migrate
Task | Description | More Information |
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Understand differences between your source and target environments |
Compare the features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition and Oracle Analytics Cloud, and understand any differences. |
Feature Availability and Comparison |
Plan your new service | Plan your Oracle Analytics Cloud deployment on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2). Think about what you want before you start. | |
Complete your order and sign in to your Oracle Cloud account |
You must have a Universal Credits subscription to deploy Oracle Analytics Cloud services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2). As Cloud Account Administrator, you can complete all setup tasks. |
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Create a service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2) | Create an Oracle Analytics Cloud instance with the required size on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2). | |
Verify your service | Verify that your service is up and running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and that you can sign in. | Verify Your Service and Sign In |
Migrate users and groups |
Migrate users and groups to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. |
Migrate Users and Groups from Oracle BI Enterprise Edition |
Reconfigure connections to your data |
Update connection information on the target Oracle Analytics Cloud instance. Recommended: Move data from your on-premise database to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. |
Connect to Your Data |
Include the IP of your service in data source allowlists | If you added the IP of your Oracle BI Enterprise Edition environment in any allowlists, you must perform this task again for the Oracle Analytics Cloud instance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. | Include the IP Address for Oracle Analytics Cloud in Allowlists |
Move custom files and update fmap
function references
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If you referenced local files (such as images and
help files) using the fmap function you must move
them to a location that Oracle
Analytics Cloud can access and update your fmap references to
point to the new location.
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Move Custom Files and Update fmap Function References |
Migrate Your Service
Task | Description | More Information |
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Check your target is ready for migration and take a backup | Verify that the required users and groups are available in your target service and take a snapshot in case you need to roll back. | Back Up Your Target Service Before Migration |
Export content from the source |
Delete any old content in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition that you don't need anymore and then capture the content you want to migrate to Oracle Analytics Cloud. |
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Edit database connections and clean up your semantic model .rpd file |
Update connection strings in your semantic model .rpd file and remove the content you don't want to migrate. |
Clean Up and Reconfigure Your Semantic Model .rpd File |
Import content on the target |
Sign in to the target system and import the content. |
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Reconfigure service settings | Verify various administrative settings on the target service. | |
Activate deliveries |
Disable deliveries in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition and start delivering content from the target service. |
Complete Post-Migration Tasks
Task | Description | More Information |
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Test the migrated service | Check the content you migrated is available on Oracle Analytics Cloud and everything works as you expect. | Test Your Service |