BPC 10.0 - Automation of UJBR at BW layer?

Dear All,
In BPC 10.0, I am performing back up and restore for environments at BW layer(using UJBR). How can I automate this execution? I believe this is coming under the scope of BW admin. However, I wanted to know how this is being accomplished... using which BW command at BW?
Thank you.
Regards,
Peri

Hello Karuppan,
You need to create a Background job on SM36 transaction.
The name of the program is UJT_BACKUP_RESTORE_UI.
Schedule it to run every day in during a low use time.
Best Regards,
Guilherme.

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I know we can load automatically from an infocube to BPC but how about the TCURR table?
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Hi All
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2) Input Applic. Component: FI-GL and give description.
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I am trying to RESTORE an environment into BPC server and got the attached error message. It is strange as I have done this many times in the past... successfully. Not sure why it is behaving like this suddenly.
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One point to note ...
I am using a new laptop now. Earlier, I was using another laptop using which, I have done backup and restore many times, successfully.
Even in the new laptop, backup is successful.
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Edited by: george chen on Aug 1, 2011 4:17 PM
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will close this message if this fixes my issue.

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