BO Production deployment of universes based on SAP BW query

Hi there,
We just set a scenario on a BO development machine, and would like to deploy all these created objects (webi/cr documents, universes based on SAP BW queries... ) to a BO Production machine.
How can this procedure be performed?
As far as I know, import wizard should be used, but what happens with universes that are referring to SAP BW queries? Obviously, universe in BO Production environment should point to the same BW query name, but from SAP BW Production system, not development.
Is import wizard capable of doing this step? If not, what should be done in order to replicate your universes based on BW queries from BO Development to BO Production?
Thanks and best regards,
David.

Hi David,
which version of BOBJ are you using? The LifeCycle Manager (LCM) may be interesting for you. Runs only on Windows and only for BOBJ XI 3.1 though.
Installation guide:
[http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi31_LCM_Install_en.pdf]
User's guide
[http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/xi31_LCM_User_en.pdf]
Regards,
Stratos

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