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Draw QR-Code in Java C AUTION In earlier versions of BusinessObjects, it was an accepted practice for designers to copy

universes via the file system and export the universe to relevant repositories In XI, permissions are associated with a universe In XI Release 1, sharing universe files outside the repository could render the universe inaccessible This problem seems to be corrected in XI Release 2 as long as designers use the check box Save For All Users However, when migrating universes from earlier versions of BusinessObjects to BusinessObjects XI, it is recommended to use the Import Wizard

repository to delete any extraneous records in the repository tables Also make a backup of the older repository database

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In the following example, you will use the Import Wizard to import users and groups: 1 From Windows, select Start | Programs | BusinessObjects XI Release 2 | BusinessObjects Enterprise | Import Wizard 2 At the Welcome Screen, click Next 3 Specify the repository from which you want to import content Under Source, use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate version The required information will change, depending on the version of the source repository In the following example, you are importing from a version 61 repository For User Name, enter the General Administrator user name and password Specify the network path for the BOMainkey Click Next

NOTE For step 3 to work correctly, you must have a connection to the version 6 or earlier repository

Depending upon which database you used for this repository, you may need to make an ODBC connection on the computer on which you are using the Import Wizard 4 The wizard will display a warning informing you of which content it can import Unfortunately, it does not tell you what content it will not import Click Next 5 Specify the XI repository that you want to import to Enter the name of the Central Management Server as well as the administrator s user name and password Click Next

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6 Specify the object(s) that you wish to import As discussed elsewhere in this book, the term object here refers to any BI content, not to be confused with universe objects By default all objects are selected If you are testing the wizard and only want to import objects selectively, be sure that you have not inadvertently left any undesired objects checked In this example, you are importing users and their group associations If you only import corporate documents or universes and you want the rights associated with those documents and universes also imported, then you must also select users and groups If you select users and groups, the wizard will later ask you to select which users and groups If you select corporate documents, the wizard will later ask you to select document domains and individual documents If you select universes, then all universes from multiple domains will be imported This is one import option in which you will not later have the option to further narrow your selection

7 When importing users and groups, you are also prompted to choose a security option If you wish to preserve the security from the source repository, select Yes If you only want to import the user names and group assignments but not the associated permissions, choose No 8 The wizard asks you if you wish to enforce rights fidelity If you want the rights in the source environment to be identical to those in the destination environment, then check this box However, if you are consolidating environments or if you are importing objects selectively, then do not check this box, as you will want rights from multiple sources to be merged

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9 The wizard asks you to choose an import scenario Which scenarios are available to you will depend on whether or not you specified to enforce rights fidelity or to merge rights You can either merge content or have objects renamed if they already exist in the destination system

10 Depending on which objects you have selected to import, you may be prompted to further select elements In this example, you selected users and groups The wizard further prompts you to choose which users and groups Figure 5-4 shows how the root or top level of the BusinessObjects 6x repository (Plastics Express) becomes a group in XI The left image shows the users and groups as they appear in Supervisor in version 61 The right screen shows the groups as they will be imported into the CMS In this example, select the group Finance and click Next 11 If you are importing users, the wizard will ask you if you wish to create database credentials for these users If any of your universe connections want to use the BusinessObjects user ID and password as the same login for the data source, select the option Yes, use the BusinessObjects account name and click Next

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