ASO reporting cube over Planning application

Hi All,
We have a requirement where we need to create an ASO reporting cube over a HP application (1 plan type only). (The HP app is deployed via EPMA but with local dimensions.)
(v11.1.2.1)
Note that this needs to be automated for monthly load process so the solution needs to be dynamic in nature.
1. Is there any way to automate BSO to ASO conversion?
2. Is there any way to automate 'Map to reporting' option in HP application?
Can any one suggest the best practice to do this.
Kind Regards.

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Thanks John and Celvin for your responses.
I have few queries and will appreciate your help on that-
1. Is there any automation command in EPMA batch client to copy metadata from my HP application to BSO reporting cube. (Plz note that the dimensions are local and not shared, And can't make and use shared dimensions) ?
2. I guess to resync metadata I need to use 'EPMA batch client' to load metadata through ads file and redeploy my app. Plz verify my understanding ?
Another question out of my cursoity-
3. In case I go for classic approach- Is there any way to automate BSO to ASO app. I saw an MAXL command 'create outline' that creates ASO outline based on a BSO app. Is that a good idea to create an ASO app ? I don't think it will be flexible in correcting ASO properties like formulas,solve order etc. And thus most of the work would be manual. Need your guidance on this.
Kind Regards.1. There is a way to do copy dimension
You can copy dimensions within the Shared Library, within an application, or between the Shared Library and an application. You cannot copy a dimension directly from one application to another.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/epma_batch_user/ch02s05s03s02.html
You can still make your Planning dimension local and Share them to Shared Library. You can then move the shared library dimension to Essbase application and keep that as Local (but why all local dimensions and use EPMA?)
2. To resync you have a dimension resync command (load them to Shared or individual app, I still don't see a point why you are using EPMA if all dimenions are local)
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/epma_batch_user/ch02s05s10s02.html
3. I never used that one, however tried it on Sample Basic and found that it is not converting BSO formulas to MDX formulas. (Not a very helpful one, it just converts your BSO hier to ASO hier)
Regards
Celvin
http://www.orahyplabs.com
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