Import the BAR file in an existing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition instance

Before importing the BAR file, make sure:

• Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4 is installed
• The Administrator Console is up and running

  (validate it from http://<machinename>.<port>/console)

• The Oracle Enterprise Manager (Oracle Fusion Middleware Control) is up and running

  (validate it from http://<machinename>.<port>/em)

To import the BAR file:

1. Copy the BAR file from <Argus Analytics Home>\report\ssi.bar to a machine where the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition is installed.
2. Login to the Oracle Enterprise Manager with the WebLogic credentials.
3. Click Target Navigation.
   
   The Target Navigation drop-down menu appears.
4. Go to Business Intelligence > biinstance.
   The Business Intelligence Instance screen appears.
5. From the Availability tab, select Processes, and click Stop All.
   A confirmation dialog box appears.
6. Click Yes.
   All the running processes are stopped.
7. Go to the command prompt, and start the WebLogic Scripting Tool (using wlst.cmd (for Windows), or wlst.sh (for Unix or Linux)) from the following path:

   <Middleware Home>\oracle_common\common\bin

8. To know the BI Service Instance key, type the following command, and press Enter.

   listBIServiceInstances(<BI DomainHome path>)

   where, Domain Home is the directory of the BI Install domain, the default path is:

   <obiee_home>/user_projects/domains/bi

   The Key appears at the end of the command.

   Note:

   All the WLST commands are case sensitive.

   To start the WebLogic Scripting Tool on Unix or Linux, use wlst.sh command, rest all of the commands mentioned in the procedure remains same.

   While executing the WLST on Windows server, you must use forward slash (/) to avoid any error messages.

9. Exit WLST using the exit () command.
10. To import the BAR file, Go to the Domain Home path <obiee_home>/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin and execute the command, importarchive.cmd Oracle Business Intelligence Service Instance key <Complete path of Bar file to import>

    BI Service Instance Key: ssi (This key must be ssi for Oracle Argus Analytics deployment). For example,

    importarchive.cmd ssi C:\an821\ssi.bar
11. Go to Oracle Enterprise Manager, from the Availability tab, select Processes, and click Start All.
    A confirmation dialog box appears.
12. Click Yes.
    The BAR file imports the RPD, Catalog and the Security model.