11g LCM Export Utility Options

You have the following options to use 11g LCM Export Utility to export from Essbase 11g On-Premise.

• For block storage applications, you can specify -converttoutf8 option during export to automatically convert the Essbase 11g On-Premise application to Unicode, before exporting it to a .zip file. Note that this will convert the source application to Unicode; it is recommended to run a backup before specifying this option.

• You can specify the arguments (-server, -user, -password, -application, -zipfile) in any order.

• To prompt for a password, do not include the -password password option.

• To skip the export of cube data during export, specify -nodata, which is an optional argument). By default, all cube data is exported.

Command	Description
-server <essbasehost:port>	Server host name and port number
-user <username>	Server user name
-password <password>	Server password
-application <appname>	Application name
-zipfile zipfilename	Export zip file
-nodata	(Optional) Skip data export
-overwrite	(Optional) Overwrite file in local directory with exported file
-converttoutf8	(Optional) Convert block storage application to Unicode. Prompts you to type Y to confirm
-forceutf8	(Optional) Same as -converttoutf8, but without any prompt. Can be used in automation scripts
-exportepmroles	(Optional) Exports Essbase roles from Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) source
-generateartifactlist	(Optional) Generate file with list of artifacts from zip export
-include-server-level	(Optional) Include server-level artifacts, such as server-level substitution variables and server-level roles