My goal is to get results using Impact Analyzer within the Content side of webfocus.

I am able to run IA easily in App/Dev Studio to get results for synonyms on the server. But I want to analyze the reports and dashboards I have made using Info Assist on BI Portal.

Is Impact Analyze available on the content side within BI Portal, or does IA need to be accessed via Dev Studio only?

Any thoughts would be appreciated

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Here is a link regarding Impact Analysis

Analyzing Metadata and Procedures

Impact Analysis:
Impact Analysis is a tool to generate a report that identifies procedures that access a specific Master File or field within a Master File. This tool helps you analyze the potential impact of modifying or deleting Master Files or fields. The Impact Analysis tool enables you to analyze data, control search criteria, save reports, and interactively open and edit procedures based on search results.

Impact Analysis searches Business Views in addition to FOCUS procedures. This enables you to see if changes in the original Master File will impact fields used in the Business View.

The Impact Analysis tool is accessible from the Projects, Data Servers, and Managed Reporting areas of Developer Studio and is supported for Windows, UNIX, and z/OS configurations.

Note: You can launch Impact Analysis from the interface or from within the tools in the Synonym Editor and Business Views. When Impact Analysis is launched from the Synonym Editor or Business Views, it searches files based on the application path of the reporting server. From the interface, it enables you to select applications or folders to be searched.

Running Impact Analysis Reports


Possibly Resource Analyzer is what you might be what you are looking for?

Resource Analyzer Overview

Resource Analyzer monitors data usage activity by collecting the attributes of requests and storing them in a set of Usage Monitoring tables. It automatically keeps track of each request, which data sources and columns it accessed, when it was run, how long it took, which resources it consumed, and more. Resource Analyzer allows you to report on, graph, and analyze end-user request traffic.

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