Best Practice to bring OLAP Universe and WebI Report to Production

What are the best ways to bring a WebI Report that is developed on a OLAP Universe (based on BEx Query) from Development to Production environment?
Edited by: B.Wegner on Nov 8, 2010 2:54 PM

1) Move your BEx query from SAP DEV to SAP PROD (SAP internal transport system)
2) Move your report (incl. universe) using the LCM or the Import Wizard from your BOBJ DEV to your BOBJ PROD system
3) Edit the universe connection in BOBJ PROD to point to your SAP PROD system.
Regards,
Stratos

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