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Edit, Disable or Remove

Change an environment's settings, pause it without losing its data, or remove it from MetaMiner.

Before you begin

  • MMA is running as administrator.
  • Disabling or removing an environment hides it from MetaMiner Client (MMC) users. Tell them first.

Steps

Edit an environment

  1. In BI Environments, select the environment and click Edit (or double-click the row).
  2. Change fields in Edit SAP BusinessObjects Environment. CMS ID is read-only.
  3. Click Apply. MMA validates again; see Validate an Environment.

If MMS is running, MMA hands the change to the server, which applies it without a restart.

Image of the Edit SAP BusinessObjects Environment dialog with the read-only CMS ID field visible

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Disable or enable an environment

  1. Clear the Enabled check box of the environment. To change all at once, right-click the table and choose Enable All or Disable All.
  2. MMA saves immediately.

A disabled environment is not pulled and does not appear in MMC. Its metadata stays in the MetaMiner Database (MMDB). When you enable it again, the next pull catches up on changes.

Remove an environment

  1. Select the environment and click Delete.
  2. Confirm.

MMA removes the environment from the configuration and records the change in admin.log.

Metadata remains in the MMDB

Removing an environment stops pulls but does not remove the metadata already in the MMDB.

TODO: document how to purge a removed environment's metadata from the MMDB

No purge action was found for a deleted environment. Product to confirm the supported procedure (support script or none).

MetaMiner Security

If MetaMiner Security is on and no user has a role other than No Access on an environment, MMA warns that the environment will not be visible in MMC until you assign a role. See Users and Roles.

Verify

  • The Enabled column and the counter above the table show the expected state.
  • admin.log shows the change.

Troubleshooting

Can not enable connection

Your license limits the number of enabled environments. Disable another environment first, or contact Infolytik about your license.

The environment shows Failed

Edit the environment, fix the cause shown in Status and click Apply. A successful validation enables it again.

Next steps