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What’s new in Blitz Report? Fully automated Discoverer migration and much more.

Avatar photoCustomer March 5, 2021 at 7:09 am

We heard about the newly introduced feature for fully automated Discoverer migration. Can you provide technical details on how this process works? Are we talking about a utility that interprets the Discoverer metadata and auto-converts it to a Blitz Report definition?

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    • Support March 7, 2021 at 12:12 am  

      The automated migration feature drastically simplifies the process of transitioning away from Discoverer entirely. The feature streamlines the process of bringing existing assets over. The technical core involves analyzing and importing the metadata associated with the Discoverer worksheets.

    • Avatar photoCustomer March 7, 2021 at 6:13 pm  

      We have thousands of reports. What method does this automation utilize—the internal menu option or the API utility?

    • Support March 7, 2021 at 10:29 pm  

      The automation leverages the underlying capabilities designed for large-scale migrations. You can choose to import Discoverer reports individually using the Blitz Report import menu option, or instead use the mass import API utility for a high-volume process. We even provide suggested scripts for the mass import section to allow for refinement, such as filtering reports by historical usage days.

    • Avatar photoCustomer March 8, 2021 at 4:36 pm  

      What happens to the Discoverer Business Area and folder structure during this migration?

    • Support March 8, 2021 at 9:36 pm  

      The output is converted into a structure manageable by Blitz Report, leveraging the underlying SQL. Once migrated, the report definition exists as a clean, version-tracked SQL query within the Blitz Report table. This simplifies technical management, as the complexity of the Discoverer folder structure is replaced by simple, manageable SQL reports running via Concurrent Requests.

    • Avatar photoCustomer March 10, 2021 at 10:01 am  

      Does the automated tool guarantee that the parameters and user assignments are also carried over accurately?

    • Support March 10, 2021 at 9:49 pm  

      Yes, the system is designed to leverage existing assets. You can import Discoverer reports complete with their assignments and parameters. This maintains your prior configurations and significantly reduces the manual effort typically required during migration.

    • Avatar photoCustomer March 11, 2021 at 7:57 am  

      This seems like a substantial improvement in handling our legacy reports.

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