Make sure that the EUL specified in the EUL field is the one you want to delete

4-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer ■ that have been exported from Discoverer Release 4.1 and later these EUL export files are in XML format, although they still have an EEX extension Which exportimport method to use To copy EUL objects between EULs you first export the EUL objects to a file, then import them into a new EUL or new database. You copy EUL objects between EULs using ■ the Discoverer Export Wizard and Import Wizard for more information, see About using the Discoverer Export Wizard and Import Wizard ■ the Discoverer command-line interface for more information, see About using Discoverer command-line interface to exportimport EUL objects ■ the standard database exportimport commands for more information, see About using database exportimport commands to exportimport complete EUL About using the Discoverer Export Wizard and Import Wizard You use the Discoverer Export Wizard to export EUL objects to an EUL export file with a suffix EEX. Having exported the objects, you can then import the EEX file using the Discoverer Import Wizard. The EUL objects that you export to an EEX file include business areas, folders, item hierarchies, date hierarchies, item classes, workbook definitions created in Discoverer Desktop and Discoverer Plus, PLSQL function registration information, summary folders, and the automated summary management ASM policy. See the following topics for information about exporting and importing EUL objects by using the Discoverer user interface: ■ How to export the entire EUL using the Discoverer Export Wizard Use this option to export an entire EUL to a file when you want to copy objects from the EUL into a new EUL or to create a backup. ■ How to export selected business areas using the Export Wizard Use this option when you want to use the export file to update an existing EUL with selected business areas. ■ How to export selected EUL objects using the Export Wizard Use this option when you want to use the export file to update an existing EUL with selected EUL objects. For example, when applying a minor change to a production business area. ■ How to import EUL objects from a file using the Import Wizard Use this option to import EUL objects for example, business areas, folders, hierarchies, calculations from one EUL, to reuse them in another EUL. Note: The Export Wizard does not export the database, EUL tables, or database objects referenced by the EUL. To export these objects, you must follow the steps in How to export an EUL using the standard database export utility . Creating and Maintaining End User Layers 4-11 About using Discoverer command-line interface to exportimport EUL objects You use the Discoverer command-line interface to exportimport EUL objects without using the Discoverer user interface. For more information about the Discoverer command-line interface, see What is the Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer command-line interface? . See the following topics for information about exporting and importing EUL objects by using the Discoverer command-line interface: ■ How to export End User Layer objects using the Discoverer command-line interface Use this option to copy EUL objects from one database to another by exporting them to a Discoverer export file .EEX and then importing the EEX file to another database using the command-line interface. ■ How to import End User Layer objects using the Discoverer command-line interface Use this option to import EUL objects into a new database. Note: The Discoverer command-line interface export facility does not export the database, EUL tables, or database objects referenced by the EUL definitions. To export these objects, you must follow the steps in How to export an EUL using the standard database export utility . About using database exportimport commands to exportimport complete EUL You use standard database exportimport commands to exportimport the database, EUL tables and database objects referenced by the EUL definitions. Use the following tasks to exportimport EULs between users: ■ How to export an EUL using the standard database export utility Use this option to export an entire EUL to a database dump file .DMP when you want to an EUL into a new user or to create a backup. ■ How to import an EUL using the standard database import utility Use this option to import the EUL business areas, EUL tables and saved workbooks from a database dump file .DMP into a new EUL owner. How you export or import an EUL depends on: ■ the version of the Oracle client software installed on your machine ■ the version of the Oracle database on which the EUL resides We recommend that the version of the Oracle database and the version of the Oracle database client software installed on your machine are the same. If the versions are not the same for example, if the EUL is on an Oracle9i database and Oracle10g client software is installed on your machine, you might not be able to follow the instructions below. If you are unable to export the EUL, contact your database administrator and ask them to export the EUL for you. How to export the entire EUL using the Discoverer Export Wizard Use this option to export an entire EUL to a file when you want to copy objects from the EUL into a new EUL or to create a backup. To export the entire EUL using the Discoverer Export Wizard: 4-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer

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Choose File | Export to display the Export Wizard Step 1 dialog . Figure 4–4 Export Wizard: Step 1 dialog

2. Select the The entire End User Layer option and click Next to display the

Export Wizard: Step 23 dialog . Figure 4–5 Export Wizard: Step 2 dialog You use the above dialog to specify a name and location for the export file.

3. Click Browse to display the Save As dialog.

Browse for the location to save the EUL export file.

4. Enter a suitable name for the exported EUL.

5. optional Select the Generate XML for exported workbooks check box to save

any workbook definitions in XML format. Note: The export file .EEX is always in XML format but workbooks by default are saved inside it as a binary to save space and time. Select this check box to save the workbook definitions additionally as XML inside the export file. Creating and Maintaining End User Layers 4-13

6. optional Select the Save export commands to a text file .txt check box to save

the export commands that created this export to a text file. This creates an additional file containing the commands used to create this export and applies the file extension txt. This file can then be used with the command-line interface for further information about the command-line interface, see Chapter 22, Discoverer Command-line Interface . 7. Click Finish to create the export file and any additional files selected in the specified location and display the Export Log. Figure 4–6 Export Log dialog The Export Log displays information about what has been exported. 8. optional Click Save to specify a name and location to save the Log file. 9. Click Close to finish. How to export selected business areas using the Export Wizard Use this option when you want to use the export file to update an existing EUL with selected business areas. To export the selected business areas using the Export Wizard:

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Choose File | Export to display the Export Wizard Step 1 dialog . 4-14 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Figure 4–7 Export Wizard Step 1 dialog

2. Select the Selected business areas option and click Next to display the

Export Wizard: Step 2 dialog to export selected business areas .

3. Move the business areas that you want to export from the Available list to the

Selected list. You can select more than one business area at a time by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking another business area.

4. Click Next to display the

Export Wizard: Step 23 dialog .

5. Click Browse to display the Save As dialog.

Browse for the location to save the business area export file.

6. Enter a suitable name for the exported business area.

7. optional Select the Generate XML for exported workbooks check box to save

any workbook definitions in XML format.

8. optional Select the Save export commands as a text file .txt check box to save

the export commands that created this export to a text file. This creates an additional text file containing the commands used to create this export and applies the file extension txt. This file can then be used with the command-line interface for further information about the command-line interface, see Chapter 22, Discoverer Command-line Interface .

9. Click Finish to create the export file and any additional files selected in the

specified location and display the Export Log.