Migration of Discoverer 1g reports to OBIEE

we are trying to migrate reports from Discoverer 10g to OBIEE 10.1.3.4.We have migrated the EUL using the utility tool provided by OBIEE.
Now we were trying to use the sample reports and migrate the same to OBIEE 10.1.3.4.
We are using a sample xml which we will be using to migrate the reports .We have a web service which takes report inputs in this XML format, converts and save OBIEE reports.
SInce OBIEE does not have tabs(worksheets) like Discoverer,we thought
we will have to prepare xml for each tab and present it as a single
report in OBIEE.
1) Can u please suggest if this is right or there is some
workaround for it or if anyone has idea about it?
We could also do some changes to the xml to incorporate some functions of discoverer if anyone has suggestions.
We are assuming that Crosstab reports are similar to Pivot tables in OBIEE.
2) But we are not sure how to incorporate the page items in thexml.plz suggest if anyone has ideas since not sure if page items can be handled in OBIEE.
3) Can someone help us in completing with this below xml by taking example of the sample reports present in discoverer.The values of reports are to be included in the xml
Any help would be great since we are trying this for the first time and we are not well versed with xml too.Please find below the sample xml we are using
- <OBIEE version="10.1.3.4">
- <report Name="" subjectareaname="">
- 
- <filters>
- 
- <filter type="" SQLDefinition="" operator="" negate="" includeNULLs="">
<filterValue dataType="">VALUE/sqlExpression</filterValue>
</filter>
- 
<referenceFilterExpression Name="">FilterExpression</referenceFilterExpression>
</filters>
- 
<titleView title="" subTitle="" logoURL="" />
- <tableView Name="" ShowColumnTitles="false">
- 
- <dimensions>
<column Name="" SQLDefinition="" sort="" total="false" />
</dimensions>
- <facts>
<column Name="" SQLDefinition="" aggRule="" />
</facts>
</tableView>
- <pivotView Name="" ShowColumnTitles="false">
- <page>
<column Name="" SQLDefinition="" total="none" sort="desc/asc" visibility="" />
</page>
- <Section>
<column Name="" SQLDefinition="" total="none" sort="desc/asc" visibility="" />
</Section>
- <rows total="none">
<column Name="" SQLDefinition="" total="none" sort="desc/asc" visibility="" />
</rows>
- <columns total="none">
<column Name="" SQLDefinition="" total="none" sort="desc/asc" visibility="" />
</columns>
- <measures>
<column Name="" SQLDefinition="" aggRule="" visibility="" />
</measures>
</pivotView>
<chartView Name="" />
- <prompts>
- 
<prompt SQLDefinition="" operator="" promptcaption="" promptDescription="" />
</prompts>
</report>
</OBIEE>

Hi,
I opened the Discoverer administrator and clicked on export.
in next step i selected the option "Selected obects in the end user layer" for "what do u want to export"?
i choose workbook and selected the sample workbook "Video Tutorial workbook"
Then i gave the name "Video Sales Tutorial" and saved the file in a folder and selected the check box "generate xml for exported workbooks"
I got the file in the folder as Video Sales Tutorial.eex.That .eex file had details of the workbook name and all other information
<UniqueIdent ConstraintName="DOC1" Batch="False" DeveloperKey="VIDEO_TUTORIAL_WORKBOOK"/>
But to get these workbook details we have to always save the workbook in the DB.We cannot save the workbook in our file system.
Am i right?Since only workbooks which are in DB can be exported.
Thanks a lot for the info.Will try to analyze this information

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