Downloading and Uploading Rpd Obiee 12c

In Obiee 12c we cannot simply ftp the current rpd from the server and also there is no deployment screen in em console to re upload it.
Downloading and uploading rpd is different in obiee 12c from obiee 11g.

We use datamodel.sh (linux side ) or datamodel.cmd (windows side) to download and upload rpd in obiee 12c.

Download Rpd:
Parameters used:
O: Output file path for the downloaded rpd
U: Weblogic user name
P: Weblogic password
W: Rpd password
SI: Service instance name( ssi by default)
S: Host name of the server
N: obiee analytics port no

 Linux Server:
Open the terminal and Navigate to common scripts bin directory and issue the below command to download the rpd
$cd $ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin
$./datamodel.sh downloadrpd -O /tmp/live.rpd -W Admin123 -U weblogic -P password -SI ssi

Windows Server:
Open the command prompt and Navigate to common scripts bin directory and issue the below command to download the rpd
>cd $ORACLE_HOME\user_projects\domains\bi\bitools\bin
>datamodel.cmd downloadrpd -O c:\temp\live.rpd -W Admin123 -U weblogic -P password -SI ssi

Windows Client:
We need to have obiee 12c client installed on this system
Open the command prompt and Navigate to common scripts bin directory and issue the below command to download the rpd
>cd $ORACLE_HOME\bi\bitools\bin
>datamodel.cmd downloadrpd -O c:\temp\live.rpd -W Admin123 -U weblogic -P password -SI ssi -S "Host name of the server" -N 9502


Upload Rpd:
Parameters used:
I: Input file path for the rpd to upload
U: Weblogic user name
P: Weblogic password
W: Rpd password
SI: Service instance name( ssi by default)
S: Host name of the server
N: obiee analytics port no

 Linux Server:
Open the terminal and Navigate to common scripts bin directory and issue the below command to download the rpd
$cd $ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin
$./datamodel.sh uploadrpd -I /tmp/live.rpd -W Admin123 -U weblogic -P password -SI ssi

Windows Server:
Open the command prompt and Navigate to common scripts bin directory and issue the below command to download the rpd
>cd $ORACLE_HOME\user_projects\domains\bi\bitools\bin
>datamodel.cmd uploadrpd -I c:\temp\live.rpd -W Admin123 -U weblogic -P password -SI ssi

Windows Client:
We need to have obiee 12c client installed on this system
Open the command prompt and Navigate to common scripts bin directory and issue the below command to download the rpd
>cd $ORACLE_HOME\bi\bitools\bin
>datamodel.cmd uploadrpd -I c:\temp\live.rpd -W Admin123 -U weblogic -P password -SI ssi -S "Host name of the server" -N 9502