The Financial Management Application Copy Utility!!!

The main purpose of this utility is to copy a single HFM application to a new HF
M application in the same or in a different environment. The utility will copy a
ll the HFM tables from the source application to the target application includin
g the tables with metadata, rules and data.
Based on my experience, I believe that the main reasons of using the application
copy utility are:
to create an application to develop and test future changes in the DEV and QA en
vironment.
to create a new application with a different name in the same or in another envi
ronment.
to copy an application from the old to the new environment (I still remember the
first time that I used this tool to copy an application from a 9.3.1 environmen
t to 11.1.1.3).
Based on the documentation, it is usually recommended to use the latest version
of the copy application utility for any HFM version after 9.3. Additionally in v
ersion 11, the copy application utility includes command line which means that t
he authorised user will be able to schedule the start of the copy.
Since version 11.1.1.3, the copy application utility can also copy EPMA enabled
HFM applications. There are different approaches on how to copy an EPMA applicat
ion. The initial approach was to copy the HFM application as classic and then up
grade it to EPMA enabled. An alternative approach is to create an empty EPMA ena
bled application in the target environment and use it as target application.
A few points before running the application based on the documentation and my ex
perience:
The user must create two UDL files. One for the source HFM database and one for
the target HFM database
All the users should be logged out from the source application. Even better use
a recent backup of the application
The target application should also be off-line
It is not recommended to copy an application via WAN. The best approach is to ba
ckup and restore the source database to the target environment and then run the
copy application utility.
All the above points are based on my experience. So, for more detailed informati
on regarding the nature, the requirements and the steps of the copy application
utility, please read the Oracle's document Oracle Hyperion Financial Management,
Fusion Edition Financial Management Application Copy Utility (today document: Do
c ID 968956.1).