Cobra Help System

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
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Restore Guidelines

Cobra follows a set of rules when performing the Restore process.

Restoring Projects

The rules for restoring projects are as follows:

  • You cannot restore a combination of legacy and BK file extensions in a single Restore API process (*.BKCP and .CMP). A single Restore API process must only contain files with the BK file extensions or legacy file extensions.
  • The Restore process does not proceed if the user has no access to the project being restored or rights to the Restore securable options in the EPM Security Administrator tool.
  • When restoring multiple projects, the Restore process excludes invalid project backup files.

Restoring Reports and Configurations

The rules for restoring reports and configurations are as follows:

  • You cannot have two shared files with the same name, regardless of the users or groups they are shared with.
  • Restoring as a SYSADMIN user uses the owner on the backup file as the OWNER of the file being restored.
  • Restoring as a non-SYSADMIN user uses the currently logged-in user as the OWNER of the file being restored.
  • The access control information of the backup file is always restored. You cannot restore a shared report as personal.
  • If a shared report or configuration with the same name exists:
    • If the shared report or configuration belongs to a different owner, Cobra displays a message to restore the file using another name.
    • If the shared report or configuration belongs to the same owner, Cobra displays a confirmation prompt to overwrite the existing file.
  • If a shared report or configuration with the same name does not exist and a personal report which belongs to the same owner with the same name exists, Cobra displays a confirmation prompt to overwrite the existing file.
  • If a personal or shared report or configuration with the same name exists and belongs to the same owner, Cobra displays a confirmation prompt to overwrite the existing file.
  • When you restore a report or configuration with a filename that exceeds 22 characters, Cobra truncates the filename to 22 characters in the Project column of the Process Log entry.
Note: Use the Process Log Viewer dialog box to view the log files generated by the Restore process.