Proper way to Migrate Business rules

Hi all.
I have a question about migrating business rules from DEV to PROD with 2 seperate Shared Services instance
I usually do an Import / Export of BR using EAS and then manually setup the projects and security. While this way seems working ok. I wonder if there is a more official way to do this.
I've seem a Migrate Repository option but am unsure what that suppose to do. I have a feeling that it's not quite what I am looking for. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Hi,
The two methods are pretty much the same in what they do.
When you export rules it creates an xml file based on the selection you have picked, you can just log into EAS and do this you don't have knowledge about the repository, it is also useful for migrating across versions. You also have the option of changing the xml file before importing it into your target.
When you migrate the respository you have to physically connect to the database repository and have knowledge of the connection details, it is probably aimed directly at a system admin.
The options in both methods are pretty much the same, you can choose what you want to export or migrate.
You hit issues when you export/migrate for instance the location names change and need to be updated, you can update the xml file to change the locations though if you choose the migrate option you won't have that ability.
The next issue is the user/group accounts which is the biggest flaw, if the users/groups exist on the target and have the exact same SID then they will migrate otherwise they will usually get dropped.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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While trying to use the export/import option in EAS to migrate business rules, we have run into an error.
The export itself is fine. When trying to import, it says this:(even though it lets me select the proper xml file for importing)
Error while migrating business rules.
Detail: The import file specified is not a valid business rules xml file. Import will be terminated.
Detail:Exception occured. Please check your log file for details.
I am pretty sure I used the inherent format specified for exporting the business rules.
Both the old and new systems are version 11.1.2.
The LCM method also failed for the business rules migration.
Any suggetions?
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Sujani

When you export them make sure you don't have "For Calc Mgr" checked, if you do then the import with fail.
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We are moving from Dev to QA. In order to migrate business rules, i exported all the rules,global variables and macros by unchecking the calc manager option. Now i replaced all the occurences of my old server name in the xml file with the new server name. Now when i try to open the business rule i get "java.lang.nullpointerexception". Is this any installation issue or i have dont migration wrongly? And i am not able to associate with the outline since i get this error.
What could be the solution?
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Have to clicked on the dependents while exporting the rules?
and anyways you can copy and paste the rules from one server to another.
Suggestion:
Copy export a rule first, make proper changes and import that rule, rather then going for bulk.
If ur on system 11 use LCM.

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Hi BRF plus experts,
for a project I am currently assigned to I am trying to find an easy way to convert business rules from a legacy systen into BRF Plus v7.
Using XML export functionality and a few simple decision tables and rules the XML structure of exported expression is clear to me. Using the legacy system I can create an Excel extract with contains the required rules characteristics. Due to the large amount of rules (600+) and the fact that the rules as part of the migration are being cleansed I am looking for an automated way of generating an XML file containing the required rules and then import these.
Using VBA is not too difficult to generate the correct XML structure and data.
A problem I am facing however is to understand the identifiers, for example
<FDTNS:APPLICATION_ID>4AA45F9249F46590E10000000A71030D</FDTNS:APPLICATION_ID>
<FDTNS:ID>4BE03E7AEBD93E36E10000000A71030D</FDTNS:ID>
<FDTNS:EXPRESSION_TYPE_ID>0000EEEE001000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF</FDTNS:EXPRESSION_TYPE_ID>
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Can somebody provide an explanation on the structure of these ID's? I am assuming there must be a type identifier and some kind of counter included.
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Hi Edde,
what version of BRFplus are you planning to use? I only can assume that "v7" refers to NW 7.0. But the important point here is the Enhancement Package you are on.
I would do it in the following way:
1. Create an XML or cvs file with a well defined structure.
2. Create an ABAP report to upload and convert the data into ABAP (there is lots of reuse available).
3. Create the rules with the BRFplus ABAP API (see package SFDT_DEMO_OBJECTS). Therefore you first should model some parts to:
- understand how the rules could look like in BRFplus
- create some parts like function and data objects that you do not need to create by API but just use
The large volume indicates that you need to use BRFplus in NW 7.0 EhP 2. There you also find a big variety of options in the ruleset that will make the upload easy.
The ID is a technical ID that is generated. Actually it is a UUID.
BR,
Carsten

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I am trying to migrate business rules from 9.21 to V11.1.1.3
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Hmm no luck with one rule that has no security assigned to it. and no luck with one project with no security.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
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<property class="java.lang.String" method="setBody" value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
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setMetadataReferences" value="" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setDefMetaDataRepo" value="Planning/balt-hypplan/CorpBud/Eeplan" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setBodyAsCalcScript" value="/*ESS_LOCALE English_UnitedStates.Latin1@Binary*/ SET AGGMISSG ON; SET UPDATECALC OFF; FIX (Budget, "1st Pass", &CurrBudYr, @LEVMBRS("Period", 0),@relative("Total Employees",0),@RELATIVE("Total Company",0)) CALC DIM ("Account"); "Employee Taxes" = "Employee Tax Rate Input"->"No Entity"->"No Employee" * "Total Salary"; ENDFIX CALC DIM ("Employee",Entity);" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setName" value="Corp-EE Benefits & Taxes Calc" />
<property class="long" method="setLastModified" value="1211738336600" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setVersion" value="" />
<property class="int" method="setId" value="220" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setDescription" value="" />
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<property class="int" method="setObjectType" value="1" />
<property class="boolean" method="setEditable" value="false" />
<property class="boolean" method="setLocked" value="false" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setLockedBy" value="0" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setUpperName" value="CORP-EE BENEFITS & TAXES CALC" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setModifiedBy" value="native://DN=cn=911,ou=People,dc=css,dc=hyperion,dc=com?USER" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setOpenForEditingBy" value="0" />
<property class="boolean" method="setOpenForEditing" value="false" />
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<Macros />
<Variables />
<Sequences />
<Projects />
<RuleMacroLinks />
<RuleVariableLinks />
<MacroMacroLinks />
<MacroVariableLinks />
<SequenceItemLinks />
<SeqPrompts />
<ProjectItemLinks />
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<property class="int" method="setObjectTypeID" value="1" />
<property class="int" method="setLocationID" value="9" />
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<property class="boolean" method="setSearchNoUser" value="false" />
<property class="boolean" method="setSearchNoObj" value="false" />
<property class="boolean" method="setSearchNoTask" value="false" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setUserGroupName" value="" />
</UserObjAccessFilter>
</UserObjAccessFilters>
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<property class="int" method="setCluster" value="0" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setLocation" value="Planning/balt-hypplan/CorpBud/Eeplan" />
<property class="int" method="setLocID" value="9" />
<property class="java.lang.String" method="setUpperLocation" value="PLANNING/BALT-HYPPLAN/CORPBUD/EEPLAN" />
</Location>
</Locations>
</HBRObjects>
I see the setUserGroupName property class and it is empty..

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