Importing Snapshots to Restore Environments

You can restore application artifacts and data from previous snapshots. For example, you can restore the artifacts and data to the state they were in a few days ago by importing a snapshot that you backed up to a local machine.

Before importing, upload the source snapshot to the Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management or Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Data Management environment. Snapshots that are created or uploaded to the service are retained for 60 days, after which they are automatically deleted.

For information on uploading snapshots, see:

• The uploadFile EPM Automate command
• Upload and Download Files in REST APIs
• "Uploading Archives to the Service" in Administering Migration

Key Considerations

Snapshot compatibility and business process-specific limitations are described in Version Compatibility.

Import operation may fail if Planning contains a renamed seeded period member that has been supplanted by a custom period member. For example, you renamed the seeded YearTotal Period member to unused_YearTotal and then added an alternate type period member with the original seeded member name (YearTotal in this example). In this scenario, import of snapshot into the application may fail.

Note:

You cannot import Oracle Essbase data by itself. Essbase data can only be imported as part of a full snapshot import.

Restoring Artifacts from a Snapshot

To restore artifacts from a snapshot:

1. Access the environment as a Service Administrator, or as a user with Migrations - Administer granular role. See Accessing Cloud EPM and Cloud EDM Environments.
2. Complete a step:
   • Click Tools and then Migration.
   • Profitability and Cost Management only: Click Application and then (Migration).
3. Click Snapshots.
4. Select the snapshot that you want to use as the source to restore artifacts.

   • To restore all artifacts of a specific component:

     1. Expand the snapshot, and then click a component name; for example HP–Vision to list artifacts of the Vision sample application included in the snapshot.
     2. Click Import.

   • To restore specific artifacts of service components:

     1. Expand the snapshot, and then click a component name; for example HP–Vision to access a list of artifacts of the Vision sample application included in the snapshot.
     2. In Artifact List, expand the list of available artifacts, and then select the artifacts you want to restore.
     3. Click Close to return to Artifact Snapshots.
     4. Optional: Repeat the preceding steps to select artifacts from other components included in the snapshot.
5. Click (Selected Artifacts), and then verify the list of artifacts selected for export.
6. Click Actions, and then select Import.
7. Click OK.
   The Migration Status Report opens. Click Refresh to verify that the operation completes without errors. Click Cancel to close the report.