Export Artifacts

Use Export to create an incremental backup of specific artifacts in an environment. Generally, you use incremental snapshots to create backups that can be used to update another environment.

Examples:

Export artifacts that you tested in a test environment to create an interim snapshot, which you can import into a production environment. Similarly, you can export the Essbase data from one environment and then import it into another.
Export groups that you created in an environment to create identical groups in another environment. To select groups for export, in Categories, expand Groups and Membership and then Native Directory, and select Groups.

Note:

Migration does not support the export and import of application audit records. If you need to export audit records, enable and export audit data using the audit features of your business process. See the administration guide for your business process for more information.

To create a snapshot:

Access Migration (see Accessing Migration for Lifecycle Management), and then complete one of the following steps.
To back up the application:
1. Click Backup.
2. In Backup, enter a destination folder name. By default, full application snapshots are exported to Backup Date; for example, Backup 18-05-14, folder, which you can change.
  For folder names, do not enter characters that are not supported by the native operating system. For example, Windows does not allow colons in a folder name.
  
  The Migration Status Report, which indicates the progress of the operation, is displayed.
3. Click Refresh to update the Migration Status Report to monitor progress. Click Close to close it.
  If the backup fails for any reason, the report displays Failed as the status. Click Failed to open the Migration Details screen, which indicates why the backup process failed and the corrective action. You can attempt the operation again after correcting the error that caused the backup to fail.
  The folder containing the backup is listed in Snapshots.
To export selected application artifacts from an environment:
1. In Categories, choose the artifacts you want to export.
  - To export all artifacts of a component, select the check box next to the name of the component.
  - To export specific artifacts of a component, click the name of the component. In Artifact List, open available folders, and then select the artifacts to export.
    Artifacts that are meaningful only during an application backup operation are greyed out and cannot be selected during incremental backups.
2. Optional: Click (Selected Artifacts), and then verify the list of artifacts selected for export.
3. Click Export.
4. In Export, click OK.
  By default, incremental export snapshots are exported to USER_NAME Date; for example, john.doe@oracle.com 18-05-14 folder, which you can change. For folder names, do not enter characters that are not supported by the native operating system. For example, Windows does not allow colons in a folder name.
  
  The Migration Status Report, which indicates the progress of the operation, is displayed.
5. Click Refresh to update the Migration Status Report to monitor progress. Click Close to close it.
  If the export fails for any reason, the report displays Failed as the status. Click Failed to open the Migration Details screen, which indicates why the export failed and the corrective action. You can attempt the export operation again after correcting the error that caused the export to fail.
  The folder containing exported artifacts is listed in Snapshots.

Key Considerations

For Enterprise Profitability and Cost Management:

During Migration Export executed in full backup mode, besides exporting the latest calculation run details for each POV, any calculation runs that failed within the last 7 days are also included. This encompasses runs from the past week with statuses other than Completed or Completed With Warnings.

Troubleshooting

See Resolving Import and Export and Backup Errors in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Operations Guide.