optional Select the Generate XML for exported workbooks check box to save optional Select the Save export commands as a text file .txt check box to save Click Finish to create the export file and any additional files selected in the

4-16 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer 3. Use the Which objects do you want to export? drop down list to display the EUL object types that you want to export to a file. For example, folders, item classes and item hierarchies. Note: If you select a business area above, Discoverer exports just the definition of the business area and not its folders and items. To export business area folders and items, you must select them explicitly.

4. Move the object that you want to export from the Available list to the Selected

list. You can select more than one object at a time by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking another object. 5. Click Next to display the Export Wizard: Step 2 dialog to export selected business areas . 6. Click Browse to display the Save As dialog. Browse for the location to save the export file. 7. Enter a suitable name for the exported objects.

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

any workbooks in XML format.

9. 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 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 . 10. Click Finish to create the export file and any additional files selected in the specified location and display the Export Log. Figure 4–10 Export Log dialog The Export Log displays information about what has been exported. 11. optional Click Save to specify a name and location to save the Log file. 12. Click Close to finish. Creating and Maintaining End User Layers 4-17 How to export End User Layer objects using the Discoverer command-line interface Use this option to copy EUL objects typically from one database to another, by exporting them to a Discoverer export file .EEX and then importing the EEX file possibly to another database using the command-line interface. This is the first of two tasks that enable you to copy EUL objects. You must complete this export task before you can import the EUL objects. To export EUL objects using the Discoverer command-line interface:

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Use the Discoverer command-line interface export option to export the required EUL objects to a Discoverer export file .EEX. For example, to export the Video Store Tutorial business area and two workbooks Vidstr5 Video Tutorial Workbook and Vidaf5 Analytic Function Examples to the vidstr.eex file, you might type the following: D:\orant\bin\dis51adm.exe connect eulownereulownerorcl.world export D:\vidstr.eex Video Store Tutorial workbook Vidstr5 - Video Tutorial Workbook workbook Vidaf5 - Analytic Function Examples For more information about exporting EUL objects using the Discoverer command-line interface, see export EUL objects . Note : To copy the EUL objects back into a database, see How to import End User Layer objects using the Discoverer command-line interface . How to import End User Layer objects using the Discoverer command-line interface Use this option to import EUL objects, possibly into a new database. Before you can complete this task you must export the EUL objects to a Discoverer export file .EEX for more information, see How to export End User Layer objects using the Discoverer command-line interface . This is the second of two tasks enabling you to copy EUL objects. To import End User Layer objects using the Discoverer command-line interface:

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Use the Discoverer command-line interface import option to import the EUL objects into the new EUL owner. For example, to import the vidstr.eex file, created above you might type the following: D:\orant\bin\dis51adm.exe connect eulownereulownerorcl.world import D:\vidstr.eex For more information about importing EUL objects using the Discoverer command-line interface, see import EUL objects . How to export an EUL using the standard database export utility Use this option to export all business areas, EUL tables and saved workbooks to a database dump file .DMP. To export an EUL using the standard database export utility assuming the EUL resides on an Oracle database version 9.2.0.7 or later, and you are using a machine on which you have installed Oracle Developer Suite: