How to convert a Discoverer preferences file to a different platform format About migrating Discoverer preferences

Managing Oracle BI Discoverer Preferences 9-15

9.7 How to convert a Discoverer preferences file to a different platform format

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer stores registry settings in the reg_key.dc file. If you want to move a Discoverer installation from one platform to another platform for example, from Windows to Solaris, you must convert the reg_key.dc file to change the format of integer values for example, from BigEndian format to LittleEndian format. You change the format of integer values using the convertreg.pl script that is installed with Oracle Business Intelligence. For more information about the location of configuration files, see Section A.1, Discoverer file locations . You must convert the reg_key.dc file when you move between the following platforms: ■ WindowsLinux to SolarisHPUXAIX ■ SolarisHPUXAIX to WindowsLinux Note : Do not use the convertreg.pl script to convert the reg_key.dc file between Windows to Linux. To convert a Discoverer preferences file to a different platform format: 1. Copy the reg_key.dc file from the source machine to the target machine for example, from the Windows machine to a Solaris machine. 2. On the target Oracle Business Intelligence installation, run the convertreg.pl script at the command prompt: perl convertreg.pl old file name new file name Where: ■ old file name is the name of the original reg_key.dc file ■ new file name is the name that you want to give the file produced by the convertreg.pl script Note : For more information about the location of configuration files, see Section A.1, Discoverer file locations . For example, if the source file is called windows_reg_key.dc, you might type: pl convertreg.pl windows_reg_key.dc solaris_reg_key.dc 3. If required, rename the target file. If you named the target file solaris_reg_key.dc, rename this file as reg_key.dc. You have now converted the reg_key.dc to the correct format for the target platform.

9.8 About migrating Discoverer preferences

You migrate Oracle BI Discoverer preferences when you want to upgrade to a new version of Discoverer. For example, you might want to upgrade from Oracle BI Discoverer Version 10.1.2 to the current version of Oracle BI Discoverer. How you migrate Discoverer preferences depends on which version of Discoverer you are using, as follows: ■ if you are upgrading from Oracle BI Discoverer Version 9.0.2 or 9.0.4 to Oracle BI Discoverer Version 10.1.2, refer to the 10.1.2 documentation for details. ■ if you are upgrading from Discoverer Version 10.1.2 to Oracle BI Discoverer Version 11.1.1, you use the upgrade assistant utility after Discoverer installation 9-16 Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer for more information, see Section B.1, About upgrading from Discoverer Version 10.1.2.x to Version 11.1.1 10 Optimizing Oracle BI Discoverer Performance and Scalability 10-1 10 Optimizing Oracle BI Discoverer Performance and Scalability This chapter only applies to Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer. For more information about configuring Discoverer Plus OLAP, see Chapter 5, Configuring Discoverer Plus OLAP . This chapter describes how to optimize Discoverer performance and scalability, and contains the following topics: ■ Section 10.1, About Discoverer and performance