The runcat utility permits to perform webcat operations from the command line (scripted)
The runcat.cmd (.sh) start script is located here: ORACLE_INSTANCE\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\catalogmanager as it has all the necessary env populated correctly by the installer.
The runcat is at the source a jar located below ORACLE_HOME/bifoundation/web/catalogmanager/startup.jar
Setting this environment are not needed if you use the runcat script.
Catalogmanager execution requires these variables to be set in the environment:
And PATH (or LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Linux) needs to include:
Log file is in ORACLE_INSTANCE\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\catalogmanager\workspace\.metadata\.log Or you can get the log on the console:
runcat.sh -consoleLog -noExit
To get all the command:
runcat.cmd or runcat.sh -help
For more help on any one of these commands, please enter:
runcat.cmd or runcat.sh -cmd <command> -help
createFolder Creates folder in the catalog
delete Deletes the given path from the catalog
maintenanceMode Puts the catalog into or out of Maintenance Mode (aka ReadOnly)
rehash Rehashes /users in the catalog
rename Renames an item in the catalog
report Generates a report on the contents of the catalog
replace Search and replace on the contents of the catalog
repair Repairs damage caused by errant 3rd party ftp programs
localize Enables localization for catalog contents
archive Creates an archive of a subset of the catalog
unarchive Extracts an archive into the catalog
archiveContent Returns the List of Objects in the Archive File
setItemProperties Sets the properties for an object in the web catalog
provisionTenant Provisions tenants into a web catalog
unprovisionTenant Unprovisions tenants out of a web catalog
migrateUsersToTenant Migrates users for a particular tenant from /users to /tenants/<tenant>/users
tag Tags all XML documents in a catalog with a unique id and common version string
diff Compares two catalogs
inject Injects a single item to a diff file
injectBatch Injects multiple items to a diff file
createPatch Creates a patch to upgrade a catalog from one version to another
applyPatch Applies a patch to a catalog
publisherPermissionsImport Imports BI Publisher Permissions into the web catalog
detectConflicts Compares two diff files
combineDiffs Combines multiple diff files to produce single diff file
renameAccounts Renames users or groups in the catalog
forgetAccounts Removes users or groups from the catalog
replaceAccountInPermissions Replaces a specified account with another in all catalog object ACLs
clearQueryCache Clears the query cache