3.6.3 Deploying the Web Catalog

For web catalog deployment, follow these steps:

1. Open the catalog manager, navigate to the File menu and open the catalog online by giving the necessary credentials based on your setup:
   • Type: Online
   • URL: http://<ipaddress>:<port>/analytics-ws
2. After the catalog is opened, it will display a directory structure on the left-hand side. Select the Catalog Root and select Shared Folders in the LHS tree structure.
   1. Go to the File menu and select Unarchive. It will ask for the path for a file.
   2. Browse the path of the archived catalog file saved in your local directory using the Browse button and click OK.
   3. The catalog must be extracted in the Shared Folders directory for the reports to display. A successful operation message is displayed.
   4. Restart the presentation services once again.
   5. Open the analytics OBIEE URL (http://<ipaddress>:<port>/analytics).
   6. Login with credentials based on your setup, and verify that the catalog is available.
   1. Click on catalog in the OBIEE application right top menu list.
   2. In the LHS menu, navigate to shared directories and verify all the directories are available.
   3. Navigate to Administration, then Maintenance and Troubleshooting, select Reload Files, and then click MetaData.

   If you need to clear the cache in OAS, click Issue SQL and run the Call SAPurgeAllcache() method.