Remapping an item to a new source

Over time you may want to make more radical changes to your Framework Manager model. You may, for example, want to change the model to replace an existing import view with a new import view, or use a different database with the same data.

You can reduce the impact of making changes to your data sources by remapping your model at the import layer of your model. When you remap items in your model you are replacing the original items with new items. You can remap single items or you can remap multiple items at the same time. When you remap multiple items, Framework Manager only matches and replaces those items that meet your chosen matching criteria; any other item will be ignored.

Note

If your report authors have already created reports then run Analyze Publish Impact, and use Find Report Dependencies to identify any affected reports when you remap any item in your model.

How to remap an item

The procedure to remap an item is as follows:

1. In the Project Viewer window...