Migrating Favorites and Mobile Favorites

How to:

In WebFOCUS 8, Favorites and Mobile Favorites content is stored in the database repository. A utility is provided to migrate the Favorite and Mobile Favorites list of items for a user. The migration step is to be performed after the Managed Reporting and Business Intelligence Dashboard migration steps have been completed.

The Favorites content found in the favorites.xml file under the following user directory will be migrated to the new database repository:

/install_directory/ibi/WebFOCUS80/worp/worp_users/[username]

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Procedure: How to Run the Migration on the Windows Platform
  1. Edit Id and Pwd in the favoritesmigration.bat file, if necessary. The IBFS Id and Pwd is set to admin, by default.
  2. Start the favorites migration utility by executing the following:
    drive:\ibi\WebFOCUS80\utilities\bip\favoritesmigration.bat

The favorites_migration.log file is created under:

drive:\ibi\WebFOCUS80\utilities\bip

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Procedure: How to Run the Migration on the UNIX Platform
  1. Edit Id and Pwd in the favoritesmigration.sh file, if necessary. The IBFS Id and Pwd is set to admin, by default.
  2. Start the favorites migration utility by executing the following:
    /install_directory/ibi/WebFOCUS80/utilities/bip> ./favoritesmigration.sh

The favorites_migration.log file is created under:

/install_directory/ibi/WebFOCUS80/utilities/bip

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