Biarengine issue with UNX universe

[Former Member]

Hello All,

I am having an issue with the BIARENGINE on BI4 SP5.

I am moving objects from one repository to another.

Everything is fine except for UNX universes. When opening the unx universe on the destination environment, i get a popup asking me to connect to the source repository.

I have tried creating a new universe and connection but issue persists.

If i use the LCM, then everything if fine and i dont have the above problem.

Any pointers please?

I understand that LCM is the way forward but i really need to use the biarengine for this case.

Query to extract universe and connection:

exportQuery1=select * from CI_APPOBJECTS where SI_ID=XXX

exportQuery2=select * from CI_APPOBJECTS where SI_NAME='XXX.unx'

exportDependencies=true

includeSecurity=true

Note: Both environments are at the same BI4 version

Regards,

Tunwiir

[Former Member]

Hello,

It is not recommended to use the biarengine.jar and BIAR file for promotion of content between 2 BI4.0. You have to the use the promotion management tool from the CMC or by running the command line. This is with reference to this KBA:

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1875630

However, you can try to recreate the connection and to export again the universe as per the instructions of this KBA:

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1668791

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Insaf

[Former Member]

Hi Insaf,

Thanks for your comment.

I am unable to open the note 1668791. Are you able to open it from your side?

I understand about using the promotion management but we are looking for a more dynamic way of backing up. With Biar we can schedule an export on a weekly basis.

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Tunwiir

[Former Member]

You can still use a command line utility in BI4 and schedule it just like the biarengine.jar in BOE3.1. Have a look at 1634962 - BI4 - How to import or export a LifeCycle Manager BIAR file using command line utility (http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1634962) where it's all explained.

However - never call it a backup though. The tool is not created for that purpose, mainly because it has size limits. Just like the old biarengine.jar. For backup there are some other good articles on SCN.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please find below the workaround suggested by KBA 1668791 :

Workaround:

1. Open the unx universes from local projects in Information Design Tool
2. Create a new local connection.
3. Publish this connection to the repository(this will be pointing to the new
   repository)
4. Open the data foundation of the existing unx universes.
5. In the Connection, switch the connection to the newly published connection
   and save the data foundation
6. Publish the business layer again and now you will be able to retrieve the
   unx successfully

I hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Insaf

[Former Member]

Hi,

@Insaf: Thanks very much for the note.

However, my issue still persists, I cannot open the universe on the destination. It is asking me to connect to the source cms.

The new local connection is pointing to the destination cms. So the connection is fine. Looks like the universe is still binded to the source cms for some reasons.

@Berend, the client wants an automatic export/import scenario.

Regards,

Tunwiir

[Former Member]

Hi Tunwiir,

Well, it's a batch file so you can use the program job server to schedule this at a specified schedule interval.