Comments on: Using the Designer SDK to Ease Migrations

By: Dave Rathbun

Dave Rathbun — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:25:17 +0000

Tables referenced only in derived table definitions do not have to exist in the universe schema. It’s not the same as with an alias, where you have to include the source table in order to be able to reference it via an alias.

By: Fusion

Fusion — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Hi Dave,
Is it necessary to include tables that is referenced by a derived table in the universe schema?
I have tables a, b, and c that is being used in derived table SQL FROM clause.

Thanks

By: Fusion

Fusion — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:34:12 +0000

Thanks Dave

By: Dave Rathbun

Dave Rathbun — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:31:23 +0000

Yes, we change the connection first, that way when the schema name is updated in the derived tables it passes the parse, and the structure is present. Without doing that the columns of the derived table don’t exist. Thanks for pointing that out.

By: Fusion

Fusion — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:24:54 +0000

Hi Dave,
Great solution. I could change the schema name using the VBA macro but I ran into some issues.
I am using version XI 3.1 SP2. My derived table uses subquery but the tables specified in the sub-query are not joined to any of the tables in the designer.

When I run the VBA macro you’ve provided, it changes the schema name. Perfect!
But the problem I am running into is when I run the integrity check after opening the designer, it does not recognize the join with the derived table. If I open up the join and parse the join, it is okay. The integrity check does not result in error.

I had to change the universe parameter to point it to the production database before I run the integrity check.

By: Dave Rathbun

Dave Rathbun — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:52:16 +0000

Hi, André, and welcome to my blog. This script doesn't do anything to manipulate objects in the universe. If you have a question unrelated to the blog post, I ask that you please post it on BOB where you will get more attention. Thanks.

By: André

André — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:17 +0000

Hi, I need to copy one dimension from one class to another class in my universe. The “Add” method in the Class Object doesn’t work (it expectates a String as Name).

Any help would be appreciate.

Thanks

By: CS

CS — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:22:32 +0000

Anyways, Thanks a lot for the response. It explains why the code doesn’t change restriction SQL.

By: Dave Rathbun

Dave Rathbun — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:44:22 +0000

Ah. That clarifies and complicates things. Access restrictions are not stored in the universe, they are stored directly in the repository database. As such, they’re not exposed to the SDK in the same way. I’m not sure they’re even available for manipulation at all.

By: CS

CS — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:07:02 +0000

Sorry for the confusion. I meant to say is…. I have data/row level security which is implemented through access restrictions. These restrictions have a condition to restrict the rows. Whenever I change owner name in universe, I observed that none of the restrictions inherit the owner name change. I have as many as 51 such restrictions and time consuming to change owner name manually.

If you can suggest something, it will be a great help.

Thanks much.

CS.