What does Outline Load utility (OLU) offers?

As we all know that the Outline Load utility can be used to import metadata and data for standard & custom dimensions, attributes, UDAs, exchange rates, Smart Lists, and planning unit hierarchies from a flat file or a relational data source. 

You can also export metadata and data to a flat file or export metadata to a relational data source using the Outline Load utility

Here let me cover how to load metadata & data from a relational data source using the Outline Load utility

Loading the Metadata from relational data source to Hyperion Planning using OLU

1. Create a metedata.properties file

A sample .properties file is created as shown below which can connect to a external Relation data source along with the SQL to retrieve the needed metadata in the needed format with all the customized transformation you need, yes if you can't use ODI then this is awesome :-)

# /S:server where Planning is running

/S:Example-Planning-Server.com

# Application where you want to load the metadata

/A:Vision

# User used to load the metadata

/U:admin

# jdbc catalog - the Source Relational Schema

/RIC:HYPTEST

# jdbc url - the Connection URL to connect to the Relational Data-source  Schema

/RIR:jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database:1521/HYPTEST

# jdbc driver

/RID:oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver

# Relational Data-source Schema user 

/RIU:TDQPSPB

# rdbms password 

/RIP:vrX4PSFuHXyyBQGQ0o6yHFzY2T7KLyHgcp3WAqQuJJ/JlYRlIV

# ignore order of members

/-O

# sql queries for loading the Entities & Employee Dimension