Workbook won't open in different EULs

Question

I created a folder in our development EUL, called 'ddw'. Then I built a
workbook based on this folder.
When I was satisfied that both the folder and the workbook were what I wanted,
I built the same folder and workbook in our production EUL, called 'ware'.
I'm using the Discoverer Desktop 4.1.40 product to build the workbooks.
I can open the workbook I built using the 'ddw' folder while I'm connected
to the 'ddw' EUL, of course, and I can also open it while I'm connected to
the 'ware' EUL.
I cannot open the workbook I built using the 'ware' folder while I'm connected
to the 'ddw' EUL. I get the Missing Item or Condition dialogue box.
I ran the Workbook Analyzer on each workbook and told the Analyzer to connect
to the other EUL. So, for example, here's my call to analyze the 'ware'
workbook against the 'ddw' EUL:
d4wkdmp.exe SW_WARE.DIS ware_against_ddw.txt FS sjones/sjones@ddw DDW_EUL -f
Every EUL Item Reference was '*** NOT FOUND in EUL ***'.
When I made the analysis of the 'ddw' workbook against the 'ware' EUL, every
EUL Item Reference was '*** Found in EUL by Folder Name and Item Identifier
I checked the Folder Names and Item Identifiers in both EULs. They are
exactly the same.
Why can't I open the workbook I built from the 'ware' EUL in the 'ddw' EUL?
It works the other way round.

Answer 1

Hi Stephen
We have had some difficulty in this area also.
Re-creating the folder in the new environment will not suffice as Oracle discovers uses id's not listed visible to the administrator/user. When you build th folder it will not have the same id's expected by the work book for all the objects it uses.
The only way to reduce ( notice I do not say eliminate ) errors when migrating environments is to export the folder definition using the command line options. You need to use the commans line as the option to export folders does not exist as a menu option in the application.
To get the command sequence invoke the executable with a /? after it.
Donagh