What’s the benefit of LCM in Hyperion 11x?
The benefit of LCM in Hyperion System 11x is that it is now fully integrated with Shared Services (not WorkSpace) since this is an administrative tool. Keep in mind that you can still launch LCM from the command-line but you really need to be an expert with JDBC, XML, command-line syntax, and other development logic in order to make it work for you. Hyperion 11x definitely simplifies this process. What are Artifacts? An artifact by definitionis an object that has been created for a practical purpose. In this case any pieces of your EPM infrasture that contain meta-data or data. When you use the LCM tool you are able to select individual objects or artifacts during the migration. For example, one can migrate a single Essbase database instead of the entire Analytics Server’s database. However, one cannot move an individual report object via LCM. Like the Avalance Migration tool it is all or nothing for some of the artifacts. Of course, with HFR reports and the like we know that using the
