Deploying/upload rpd in OBIEE 12.2.1.0 / 12c server

Unlike in 11g, em does not have any option for deployments of rpd, it is all now uploading repository to a specific service instance. we should be using weblogic scripting command “uploadrpd’ to upload repository to Oracle BI Server.
You execute the utility through a launcher script, data-model-cmd.sh on UNIX and data-model-cmd.cmd on Windows. You can find the launcher script at the following location:
<Oracle_Home>/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin
>wlst.cmd
Syntax:
uploadrpd -I <RPDname> [-W <RPDpwd>] -SI <service_instance> -U <cred_username> [-P <cred_password>] [-S <hostname>] [-N <port_number>] [-SSL] [-H]

• I specifies the name of the repository that you want to upload.
• W is the repository’s password. If you do not supply the password, then you will be prompted for the password when the command is run. For security purposes, Oracle recommends that you include a password in the command only if you are using automated scripting to run the command.
• SI specifies the name of the service instance.
• U specifies a valid user’s name to be used for Oracle BI EE authentication.
• P specifies the password corresponding to the user’s name that you specified for U. If you do not supply the password, then you will be prompted for the password when the command is run. For security purposes, Oracle recommends that you include a password in the command only if you are using automated scripting to run the command.
• S specifies the Oracle BI EE host name. Only include this option when you are running the command from a client installation.
• N specifies the Oracle BI EE port number. Only include this option when you are running the command from a client installation.
• SSL specifies to use SSL to connect to the WebLogic Server to run the command. Only include this option when you are running the command from a client installation.
• H displays the usage information and exits the command.

Example: data-model-cmd.sh uploadrpd -I <RepositoryName.rpd> -SI ssi -U weblogic -S server.example.com -N 9502 -SSL

Note: Using “uploadrpd”, we can upload an Oracle BI repository in RPD format and cannot upload a repository composed of MDS XML documents.
The online rpd in the server is with name liverpd.rpd_n (n is integer with increased number) and can be found at: <Oracle_Home>\user_projects\domains\bi\bidata\service_instances\ssi\metadata\datamodel\customizations
You can log into analytics and see the subject area contents of new rpd with changes affected.
You can also download current online rpd from server which acts as offline rpd on which you will be developing your changes or for any diagnose purpose
syntax: downloadrpd -O RPDname [-W RPDpwd] -SI service_instance -U cred_username [-P cred_password] [-S hostname] [-N port_number] [-SSL] [-H]

rpd will be saved under the same location where you executed above command..