Multiple instance of a universe with different connection

[byk]

Is it possible to have multiple instance of same universe running with different connections in the same machine ?

Thank you

 

[blom0344]

Yes, connection of the universe is directly related to the user/group. You can change the connection for a given combination of group/universe or user/universe

Ties Blom

 

[byk]

But can I run multiple instance at the same time from the same machine ?
Also can you please explain the imeplementation detail of your suggestion in brief ?

Thanks a lot

 

[blom0344]

What version BO are you using?

Ties Blom

 

[byk]

BO 5.1.8

 

[blom0344]

Okay, in that case the universe connection that is used is dependant on the active user. So, one can define a user X and a user X_test that both use the same universe.
In supervisor you can set the universe connection for user X to 'production' and the one for X_test to 'test'.

No problem.

However I suspect you may run into trouble when you try to run 2 instances of BO from one desktop. I have never tried that, so perhaps you can check this out..


Ties Blom

 

[skrandel]

You should have no problem. If your connections are asyncrhonous, it works fine with multiple instances.

Steve Krandel
Intuit

 

[byk]

Thanks Ties & Steve.

I tried some tests around this and found that we cannot simultaneously use two instance of same universe with different connections in the same box.

If looks like connections to universe is stored at file level and not at instance level.

 

[skrandel]

Why would you need to do this at the same time on the same box? When would this really happen?

Steve Krandel
Intuit

 

[byk]

To run the same report against different databases

 

[skrandel]

So, run them sequentially.

If you log on to BO with different IDs it works fine. I've done this many times.

Steve Krandel
Intuit