Back up existing OBIEE topics reports

If you are upgrading from an existing OAS instance and have existing custom reports to preserve, back up your reports using the following procedure.

1. Using an Oracle Empirica Signal username that has a BI or superuser privilege, log into Oracle Business Intelligence using the following URL:
   http://<OBIEEserver name>:<OBIEE_port>/analytics

   For example: http://<servername>:9502/analytics

   The OBIEE screen appears.
2. Click the Catalog link at the top.
3. In the Folders section on the left, expand Shared Folders.
4. Click the Topics folder.
5. In the bottom left Tasks section, click Rename.
6. Type Topics_legacy in the Name field and click OK.
7. In the bottom left Tasks panel, click Archive.
8. Leave the options unchecked in the window then click OK.
   The file named Topics_legacy.catalog is downloaded.