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Get Started with Revive

Accessing Revive

  • Locate:

    • Revive exe sent by admin should be placed in a dedicated folder

    • Extract the exe file into that folder install

  • Run:

    • Open the ‘Revive’ exe from the folder install

    • On Running the exe revive will be installed

Below Steps will take you through a typical migration flow for Revive along with small tour of the product.

Login

  • Once the installation is complete and connection with PostgreSQL database is established, you are ready to use the software. Credentials for login will be provided by the administrator

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Home

  • Upon successful login, the home page can be accessed, where the following actions can be taken:
    • ‘+’ to begin the migration process
    • “i” at the header to know pending number of days and migration runs available during the trial period
    • “?” for Help, covering list of supported and un-supported features and the product tour

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Migration

  • Begin by clicking “+” or Tableau logo and select source and version, destination (in this case Tableau and Power BI respectively) and the version. Click Create to proceed userguide

Folder selection

  • As the next step, choose the source and destination paths (folders where you store and manage files used in Revive)
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Workbook selection

  • All the Workbooks can be seen on the left pane and corresponding Reports and Data-Models are organized on the right pane –
    • During a trial phase, users can select only one application at a time for migration
    • An option to toggle between migrating only the back-end (data model, transformations…) or everything (including charts) is available
    • A Workbook can be selected and its corresponding Reports (all pages) and Data Models (data sources) and can be seen as collapsible options on the right pane
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Migration

  • Upon confirmation to migrate, the process is completed within a few seconds and the migration summary page appears, where a quick status of the Reports and Data Models can be checked. Options available from the Migration Summary page:
  • Statistics: Opens a live Power BI dashboard with detailed statistics on success, exceptions of all migrations
    • Folder (Folder Icon): Opens Revive folder with migrated Workbooks
    • Launch (Report Icon): Opens report directly on Power BI

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