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administrators frequently have to restore a planning application from an LCM backup,
but not very often the need arises to create a duplicate application with a
different name from a backup. There are no clear-cut processes to do it but
there are workarounds to achieve this objective.
In
this blog, we will cover the steps to create a new planning application from an
existing application LCM backup. As mentioned earlier, it is not a straight
forward process, but we can hack some existing backup files to get this done.
Existing Planning Application:
Application
Name: TestApp
Datasource
Name: FinCon
To Be Created:
Application
Name: TestApp1
Datasource
Name: FinCon1
Step#1
Create a new datasource (FinCon1) connection from Planning administration UI.
(Request your DBA to create a new database schema if required)
Step#2
Take LCM backup of the existing application and download it to your computer.
Step#3
Extract the files from the LCM to a temporary folder.
Step#4
Find the file “Import.xml” and
change the application name from “TestApp” to “TestApp1”. Save your changes and
close the file.
Step#5
Find the file “ApplicationDetails.xpad”
and change the application name from “TestApp” to “TestApp1”. Also change the
datasource name from “FinCon” to “FinCon1”. Save your changes and close the
file.
Step#6
Select all the files in the extracted LCM backup folder and create a new archive/zip
file. This is a bit tricky step as you
shouldn’t create zip file from the LCM root folder.
Step#7
Navigate to Shared Services->File System. Upload the zipped updated LCM backup.
Step#8
Expand the uploaded backup file,
select the application folder. In the Artifact List shown in the right pane you
may want to unselect Security, User Preferences and User Variables as they are
optional and may not be relevant for the new application. Now click on Import to
progress with the application creation process
A prompt would show up with the new application
name (TestApp1). Click Import.
Step#9
Once the import is successful, go to Navigate->Application->Refresh in
workspace main menu to refresh the application list. Then, go to
Navigate->Application->Planning and open the new application (TestApp1)
from the list.
Step#10
You may want to load data from the source application (TestApp) if data is
not part of the LCM backup. Once data is loaded, go ahead and run necessary
aggregation scripts before releasing it to your users.
