Interview Question #7: Object   Manager

By Michael on July 19, 2014 | Leave a comment

Question

As a MicroStrategy developer, you are constantly using Object Manager to migrate objects that you develop inside the Subject Areas folder in your project. To save time, what object can you create to enable you to go straight to this folder when you open Object Manager?

A. Layout

B. Project Source

C. Script

D. Template

E. You cannot accomplish this in the Object Manager.

Answer

A. Layout

Opening multiple project sources at once in Object Manager

You may need to migrate objects between the same projects on multiple occasions. For example, you may need to move objects from your development environment to your test environment on a regular basis. Object Manager allows you to save the projects and project sources that you are logged in to as a layout. Later, instead of opening each project and project source individually, you can open the layout and automatically re-open those projects and project sources.

The default file extension for Object Manager Layout files is .omw.

To open an existing Object Manager layout

1. From the File menu, select Open Layout. The Select Layout dialog box opens.

2. Select a layout and click Open. A Login dialog box opens for each project source specified in the layout.

3. For each Login dialog box, type a MicroStrategy login ID and password. The login must have the Use Object Manager privilege.

4. Click OK. The project sources open. You are automatically logged in to the projects specified in the layout, as the

user you logged into the project source with.

To save a workspace as an Object Manager layout

1. Log in to any project sources and projects that you want to save in the layout.

2. From the File menu, select Save Layout. The Save Layout dialog box opens.

3. Specify a location and name for the layout file and click Save. The layout is saved.

MicroStrategy Course Where You Will Learn About This Topic

MicroStrategy Administration: Application Management Course