Plan Your Migration From Model Administration Tool to Semantic Modeler

Use this information to understand the steps required to migrate your semantic model from Model Administration Tool to Semantic Modeler.

Step	Description
Check the model's data source	Confirm that the model you want to migrate uses a data source that Semantic Modeler supports. Semantic Modeler only supports relational data sources. Be sure to remove or replace any unsupported data sources in the semantic model before migration. See Data Sources Available for Data Modeling.
Go to your Oracle Analytics development or test environment	Perform the semantic model migration in a non-production environment, such as an existing development or test environment, before making changes to your production environment.
Back up your environment	Use the Console to take a full snapshot of your development or test environment. You can use the snapshot to restore the environment if you discover issues after deploying the imported model. See Take a Snapshot.
Understand the differences between Model Administration Tool and Semantic Modeler	Learn about the functionality and features differences between Model Administration Tool and Semantic Modeler. See Understand the Differences Between Model Administration Tool and Semantic Modeler.
Prepare the semantic model in Model Administration Tool	Check and update the semantic model to ensure successful migration. See Prepare the Semantic Model for Migration to Semantic Modeler.
Import the model	Use the Semantic Modeler Create option to migrate the model. When you create the model, you have the option of importing the .rpd file into the new model, or importing the model deployed from Model Administration Tool. See Import the Semantic Model From the Model Administration Tool .rpd File or Import the Semantic Model Deployed From Model Administration Tool.
Modify the imported model and check consistency	Use Semantic Modeler to modify the migrated model and run the advanced consistency check. Learn about and try Semantic Modeler's many features. See Update the Semantic Model After Migration From Model Administration Tool and Check the Consistency of a Semantic Model.
Deploy the model	If the model is working as expected and passes the advanced consistency check, then deploy the model from Semantic Modeler. See Deploy a Semantic Model.
Revert to Model Administration Tool if necessary	If you deployed the model from Semantic Modeler and discover issues such as visualizations not displaying the correct data, then use the Console to restore your environment to the state when the snapshot was taken. If you revert your environment, any changes you made on your environment since you took the snapshot are lost. See Restore from a Snapshot.