Problems using user defined activitys in Process Flows

Hi everybody,
i have problems using an user defined activity in my owb process flow.
I did the following according to https://blogs.oracle.com/warehousebuilder/entry/how_to_use_user_defined_activity_in_owb_process_flow.
1. create a script in /tmp called test.sh
2. chmod +x on the script so it can be executed
3. Changed the Runtime.properties file under ORACLE_HOME/owb/bin/admin
property.RuntimePlatform.0.NativeExecution.FTP.security_constraint = NATIVE_JAVA
property.RuntimePlatform.0.NativeExecution.Shell.security_constraint = NATIVE_JAVA
property.RuntimePlatform.0.NativeExecution.SQLPlus.security_constraint = NATIVE_JAVA
property.RuntimePlatform.0.NativeExecution.OMBPlus.security_constraint = NATIVE_JAVA
4. Creating an Process Flow with just the user defined activity
5. Deploying the Process flow was successfull
But everytime i execute the pf i get the following error in my Job Details.
TEST_PF:USER_DEFINED
Parameters
Log file is available. Click Information button to view.
It says Log file is available. But i can't find this file. Also i don't know what the problem is.
Can anybody help me out of this?
Thanks a lot

Hi,
solved the problem by myself.
I had problems with my script. So i insert set -x into the script an executed the pf again. Know i can see whats happening in a log. You can find this log in the job detail window by pressing the blue ! Button when the whole PF (the first entry) is marked.
Greetings

Similar Messages

User Defined Activity "hangs" Process Flow if it runs for more than 10mins

I have been using OWB (10g r2) for a while and have used "User Defined" activities in production process flows successfully before.
However my problem now is that the activity (shell command) I want to perform, takes more than 10 minutes to complete. If I run the process flow with a parameter that generates a shell command that executes in two or three minutes, the process flow continues past the sucessfully executed user defined activity to the next activity.
BUT
If I run the same process flow (without modification or even redeployment) with a different parameter , the user defined acivity sucessfully executes (after about 11 minutes or so) but the process flow , doesnt seem to know that it is finished and just says it is still executing.
my "user defined" activity has
COMMAND: /usr/bin/ksh
PARAMETER_LIST bound to a variable which is set earlier in the process flow.
RESULT_CODE:
SCRIPT :
SUCESS_THRESHOLD : 0
by examining (RUNTIME CONTROL CENTER SCHEMA).all_rt_audit_execution_params
I can see that the variable contents assigned to RESULT_CODE look like this
'/usr/bin/rsh -n WINSRV1 dtsrun /usa /ppw /S WINSQLSRV /N JOBNAME_SHORT'
or this
'/usr/bin/rsh -n WINSRV1 dtsrun /usa /ppw /S WINSQLSRV /N JOBNAME_LONG'
I put the -n in because I thought that may have been the problem, but I think its more likely that there is come sort of ".properties" in a runtime file that needs to be set to control the "timeout" of user defined activities.
(like in Runtime.properties
property.RuntimePlatform.0.NativeExecution.Shell.security_constraint = NATIVE_JAVA
except maybe
.........Nativeexecution.timeout = .....?????
Has anybody had a problem like this? Found a document describing available configuration properties for PF activites?
Can anyone help?

I have been using OWB (10g r2) for a while and have used "User Defined" activities in production process flows successfully before.
However my problem now is that the activity (shell command) I want to perform, takes more than 10 minutes to complete. If I run the process flow with a parameter that generates a shell command that executes in two or three minutes, the process flow continues past the sucessfully executed user defined activity to the next activity.
BUT
If I run the same process flow (without modification or even redeployment) with a different parameter , the user defined acivity sucessfully executes (after about 11 minutes or so) but the process flow , doesnt seem to know that it is finished and just says it is still executing.
my "user defined" activity has
COMMAND: /usr/bin/ksh
PARAMETER_LIST bound to a variable which is set earlier in the process flow.
RESULT_CODE:
SCRIPT :
SUCESS_THRESHOLD : 0
by examining (RUNTIME CONTROL CENTER SCHEMA).all_rt_audit_execution_params
I can see that the variable contents assigned to RESULT_CODE look like this
'/usr/bin/rsh -n WINSRV1 dtsrun /usa /ppw /S WINSQLSRV /N JOBNAME_SHORT'
or this
'/usr/bin/rsh -n WINSRV1 dtsrun /usa /ppw /S WINSQLSRV /N JOBNAME_LONG'
I put the -n in because I thought that may have been the problem, but I think its more likely that there is come sort of ".properties" in a runtime file that needs to be set to control the "timeout" of user defined activities.
(like in Runtime.properties
property.RuntimePlatform.0.NativeExecution.Shell.security_constraint = NATIVE_JAVA
except maybe
.........Nativeexecution.timeout = .....?????
Has anybody had a problem like this? Found a document describing available configuration properties for PF activites?
Can anyone help?

Using of user defined activities in process flow: issue

Hi out there,
there is a problem in my environment which I don't understand and which I want to share with you. Hopefully there is somebody who can help me.
I have a user defined activity in my process flow with the following parameters (where <empty> means no value):
COMMAND: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
PARAMETER_LIST: <empty>
RESULT_CODE: <empty>
SCRIPT: C:\oracle\bise1\scripts\source_file.bat
SUCCESS_THRESHOLD: 0
The bat-file is containing the following:
cd c:\oracle\bise1\owb\owb\bin\win32\
ombplus.bat c:\scripts\source_files.tcl
exit
When I execute the bat-file in the cmd-shell manually it works perfect (the tcl-script copies and renames sourcefiles to naming conventions). But when I want to execute this from the process flow nothing happens. The process is running without reading the correct source files and therefore ends in errors.
Is there anything wrong in the usage of the user defined activity? I prepared the runtime properly.
Any help is appreciated. :-)
Kind Regards,
Jens

Hi Detlef,
thanks for the input. I tried it but then I get the following error message (in german) in the logfile of the process flow:
"Der Befehl "chcp" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden."
My scripts don't contain letters in this combination. The scripts are working fine when I start them manually from the command shell. Is there maybe something else I need to consider? Is it possible to start omb tcl-scripts via this feature?
Kind Regards,
Jens

How to use user-defined packages in JAX-RPC web service

I am trying to use Object of my class located in my package in jax-rpc webservice,the code is
package supercomputer;
import Hello.*;
public class SuperImpl implements SuperIF
public String sendParam(String data)
Temp ob=new Temp();
int i=ob.get1(10000);
return data+"returned by supercomputer";
Temp is located in Hello package,I have jar the Hello package as Hello.jar and has set its classpath in targets.xml of Ant tool.
The code compiles well and service is deployed successfully,but when i try to call the service from the client its gives me following error.
[echo] Running the supercomputer.SuperClient program....
[java] java.rmi.ServerException: Missing port information
[java] at com.sun.xml.rpc.client.StreamingSender._raiseFault(StreamingSender.java:357)
[java] at com.sun.xml.rpc.client.StreamingSender._send(StreamingSender.java:228)
[java] at supercomputer.SuperIF_Stub.sendParam(SuperIF_Stub.java:60)
[java] at supercomputer.SuperClient.main(Unknown Source)
I dont know if it deploys why it gives error on client side.
Please tell how to use user-defined packages and class in jax-rpc service code ,i am not talking about passing user-defined parameters i am just talking about making objects of user defined classes in jax-rpc service.I think there is some problem in classpath.
Please guide me in doing that.
Thanks,
Farrukh

Farrukh,
I don't know if your error is about a missing class from your custom package, ... what track did you followed to say that?
To use your package in the implementation of you web service, you should only follow the rules of making a web application: put your package jar in your \lib directory inside WEB-INF/ or your package classes unjared in classes (also in WEB-INF/).
As I already said, I have doubts that your error should be originated from a missing class from your package, but:
-try to see the logs (errors?) when you deploy your web service that could give a hint about the problem.
-try to see if you can access your endpoint through your browser to see if there is a online status
-display your config/WSDL file, and the steps you did to build your web service.
regards,
Pedro Salazar.

Using User Defined Function is SQL

Hi
I did the following test to see how expensive it is to use user defined functions in SQL queries, and found that it is really expensive.
Calling SQRT in SQL costs less than calling a dummy function that just returns
the parameter value; this has to do with context switchings, but how can we have
a decent performance compared to Oracle provided functions?
Any comments are welcome, specially regarding the performance of UDF in sql
and for solutions.
create or replace function f(i in number) return number is
begin
return i;
end;
declare
l_start   number;
l_elapsed number;
n number;
begin
select to_char(sysdate, 'sssssss')
    into l_start
    from dual;
for i in 1 .. 20 loop
    select max(rownum)
      into n
      from t_tdz12_a0090;
end loop;
select to_char(sysdate, 'sssssss') - l_start
    into l_elapsed
    from dual;
dbms_output.put_line('first: '||l_elapsed);
select to_char(sysdate, 'sssssss')
    into l_start
    from dual;
for i in 1 .. 20 loop
    select max(sqrt(rownum))
      into n
      from t_tdz12_a0090;
end loop;
select to_char(sysdate, 'sssssss') - l_start
    into l_elapsed
    from dual;
dbms_output.put_line('second: '||l_elapsed);
select to_char(sysdate, 'sssssss')
    into l_start
    from dual;
for i in 1 .. 20 loop
    select max(f(rownum))
      into n
      from t_tdz12_a0090;
end loop;
select to_char(sysdate, 'sssssss') - l_start
    into l_elapsed
    from dual;
dbms_output.put_line('third: '||l_elapsed);
end;
Results:
   first: 303
   second: 1051
   third: 1515
Kind regards
Taoufik

I find that inline SQL is bad for performance but
good to simplify SQL. I keep thinking that it should
be possible somehow to use a function to improve
performance but have never seen that happen.inline SQL is only bad for performance if the database design (table structure, indexes etc.) is poor or the way the SQL is written is poor.
Context switching between SQL and PL/SQL for a User defined function is definitely a way to slow down performance.
Obviously built-in Oracle functions are going to be quicker than User-defined functions because they are written into the SQL and PL/SQL engines and are optimized for the internals of those engines.
There are a few things you can do to improve function
performance, shaving microseconds off execution time.
Consider using the NOCOPY hints for your parameters
to use pointers instead of copying values. NOCOPY
is a hint rather than a directive so it may or may
not work. Optimize any SQL in the called function.
Don't do anything in loops that does not have to be
done inside a loop.Well, yes, but it's even better to keep all processing in SQL where possible and only resort to PL/SQL when absolutely necessary.
The on-line documentation has suggested that using a
DETERMINISTIC function can improve performance but I
have not been able to demonstrate this and there are
notes in Metalink suggesting that this does not
happen. My experience is that DETERMINISTIC
functions always get executed. There's supposed to
be a feature in 11g that acually caches function
return values.Deterministic functions will work well if used in conjunction with a function based index. That can improve access times when querying data on the function results.
You can use DBMS_PROFILER to get run-time statistics
for each line of your function as it is executed to
help tune it.Or code it as SQL. ;)

Performance restrictions using User-Defined Message Search in PI 7.1 EhP1

Hi Gurus,
We want to apply the User-Defined Message Search in our productive system.
We also want to set the extractors to run during Message Processing .
Do you have any inputs on how this might affect the system performance?
Any best practices, previous experiences or thoughts on that?
Some of my questions:
How many Filters/Extractors would be a limit to not affect too much the messaging processing performance?
Running the extractors during message processing would greatly affect the performance? When to run the extractors in a batch job instead of runtime?
Any input is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
José Omar

Hi José ,
We are also planning to use User-Defined Search feature in our PI system. Could you please let me know whether or not were you able to use this in your PI productive environment?
Additionally , if you were able to use it can you please let me know the performance?
Thanks in advance
Edited by: Ravindra Hegde on Jun 3, 2011 11:26 AM

Using user defined text functions to generate strings on button.

I am new to java programming and am facing a problem.. It would be great if you could help me resolving it..
The problem is:
Is it possible to use user defined functions to generate the string on a button(button name)?
If it is possible please educate me on it..
Thanks..

Yes its possible. What you ask is so vague that it can be interpreted in so many ways there are plenty correct answers
public void userDefinedFunction(String aString)
yourButton.setText(aString);
}

Which text editor can use User Defined Languages?

On Windows, Notepad++ is able to use User Defined Languages. On a mac, I know of no text editors that can use them. Not only that, my mac stubbornly refuses to acknoledge the existence of .ecl, .dnh, and other scripting languages. I bundled Notepad++ and used AppleScript to make an executable, but it is not funny when you have to manually open Notepad++, then search for your file, then open it, then do things with it rather then clicking the file for it to open.
I would like to know if there are ANY text editors that can run User Defined Languages on a mac. Please do not tell me to use Winebottler to package Notepad; I already have Notepad++

Or, put your text file on DropBox, using the iPad app and email a link to others, or put it on MobileMe (iDisk app) or sharevvia iWork (online sharing for Pages documents).
Besides the word processing apps like Pages, there are a ton of notes and notebook apps which have various file sharing capabilities. Plain Text is a free plain text editor which links to a DropBox folder, e.g. And the Elements app will sync to DropBox and also let you email. There are many others.
The trick is figuring out what you need--how much formatting, e.g.--and what type of access by your PC is most convenient. I use apps that sync to DropBox or MobileMe, so that those files are always accessible. Much as I love MobileMe for syncing my calendars, contacts and to do lists, I prefer DropBox for document access and I've found iWork unreliable.

Using user defined variables in SAP BPC 7.0 NW

Hi,
I am using BPC 7.0 SP2 NW version. I want to do some calculatioins and/or comparision in the script logic by using user defined variables.
For Ex: I want to assign the property TIMEID of TIME dimension to a variable and then use this variable in my IIF statement.
I have tried a lot but not getting any solution.
Can anyone guide me in how to use user defined variables in Script Logic.
Your valuable reply is appreciated.
Thanks & Regards
Manoj Damle

Hi,
Thanks for the valuable reply.
But i want to define variables in the Script Logic and not in the Data Manager.
The scenario is like this:
I want to check the value of the DUMMYACC1 member of GL_ACCOUNT dimension with a constant and depending on the condition i want to update a user defined variable. This variable will further be used in the *SELECTCASE statement for decision making.
The Code is as follows:
*XDIM_MEMBERSET COMP_CODE = COMP_CODE_1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET BUS_AREA = BUS_AREA_1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET VERSION = VERSION_1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET CURRENCY = AUD
*XDIM_MEMBERSET DATASRC = DATASOURCE_1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET GL_ACCOUNT = SALESREVENUE,PRICE,QUANTITY,DUMMYACC1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET TIME=2009.MAY,2009.JUN
*XDIM_MEMBERSET CUSTOMERCATEGORY = CUSTOMER_CAT_1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET PROFIT_CTR = PROFIT_CTR_1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET SEGMENT = SEGMENT1
*XDIM_MEMBERSET MEASURES = PERIODIC
*FUNCTION PRO(%VAR1%,%VAR2%)
    [%VAR1%].CURRENTMEMBER.PROPERTIES("%VAR2%")
*ENDFUNCTION
*FOR %GL_ACC% = DUMMYACC1
    *FOR %CV_TIM% = 2009.MAY,2009.JUN
        #CUR_MTH = IIF(([GL_ACCOUNT].[%GL_ACC%],[TIME][%CV_TIM%]) = 1.,1,NULL)
    *NEXT
*NEXT
*SELECTCASE #CUR_MTH
*CASE 1
    #CURRENTMTH = PRO(TIME,TIMEID)
*ENDSELECT
The errors which system gives is:
1. Duplicate formula found
2. Invalid MDX statement
3. #CUR_MTH & #CURRENTMTH is not a valid member
Please give your valuable suggestion.
Thanks and Regards
Manoj Damle

Multi mapping question using user defined function

Hi,
I have a message with multiple occuring nodes (i.e. one message with multiple orders (header + detail)) that I need to map to a idoc. I need to filter out of the source based on order type (in header) from creating an idoc.. How do I do it using user defined function + message mappping ?
mad

All - Thanks much.. Here is my requirement that is no solved by regular mapping
<Root>
<Recordset>
<Ordheader>
    <ord>
    <ord_type>
</Ordheader>
   <Ord_line>
     <ord>
     <Linnum>
   </Ord_line>
</Recordset>
<Recordset>
<Ordheader>
    <ord>
    <ord_type>
</Ordheader>
   <Ord_line>
     <ord>
     <Linnum>
   </Ord_line>
</Recordset>
<Root>
As you see above, each recordset has order transaction. One Root message can contain multiple of these. So, when I map to the IDOC, I want to filter out any ord_type <> XX.
If I use regular graphical map, it only looks at first recordset and accepts all or rejects all.
I need to use UDF. In the UDF, what comes in as input ? Resultset is output -correct ? Now how do I usse graphical mapping with UDF to generate the correct target info

How can I use User-Defined Aggregate Functions in Timesten 11? such as ODCI

Hi
we are using Timesten 11 version and as per the documentation, it doesn't support User-Defined Aggregate Functions.
So we are looking for alternatives to do it. Could you please provide your expert voice on this.
Thanks a lot.
As the following:
create or replace type strcat_type as object (
cat_string varchar2(32767),
static function ODCIAggregateInitialize(cs_ctx In Out strcat_type) return number,
member function ODCIAggregateIterate(self In Out strcat_type,value in varchar2) return number,
member function ODCIAggregateMerge(self In Out strcat_type,ctx2 In Out strcat_type) return number,
member function ODCIAggregateTerminate(self In Out strcat_type,returnValue Out varchar2,flags in number) return
number
How can I use User-Defined Aggregate Functions in Timesten 11? such as ODCIAggregateInitialize ?

Dear user6258915,
You absolutely right, TimesTen doesnt support object types (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13085_01/doc/timesten.1121/e13076/plsqldiffs.htm) and User-Defined Aggregate Functions.
Is it crucial for your application? Could you rewrite this functionality by using standart SQL or PL/SQL?
Best regards,
Gennady

How to use user defined object with linked button

Hi experts
Can I use user defined table data with linked button. If yes then how. plz give me sample examples.
Regards
Gorge

If you have an UDO in your form, or any other, the FormDataLoad eventhandler should be used.
Take care, it is not inside the eventhandler.
for VB:
Select SBO_APPLICATION in the classes, and select FormDataLoad event
Private Sub SBO_Application_FormDataEvent(ByRef BusinessObjectInfo As SAPbouiCOM.BusinessObjectInfo, ByRef BubbleEvent As Boolean) Handles SBO_Application.FormDataEvent
in C#
Add a new eventhandler as
// declaration
SBO_Application.FormDataEvent += new SAPbouiCOM._IApplicationEvents_FormDataEventEventHandler(ref SBO_Application_FormDataEvent);
// eventhandler:
public void SBO_Application_FormDataEvent(ref SAPbouiCOM.BusinessObjectInfo BusinessObjectInfo, out bool BubbleEvent)

Using .sql files in OWB Process flow

Hi,
Is it possible to use the .sql files in Process flow and schedule them?
If so,can you please let me know the procedure.
Thanks for your help and hoping to hear from you soon.
Thanks
Vinay

Process flow is not a scheduler, to schedule, you will have to run the process flow from a scheduler system, such as the one in Oracle Enterprise manager.
You can run an sql file from a batch file (or a shell file, if you are on unix), and then call the batch file from an external activity in the process flow.
Regards:
Igor

Problem with user-defined functions in XQuery String

hello
i've a problem with user-defined functions in XQuery String
details are here (the code is not Human-readable via forum's embedded editor ?? strange)
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddqwddsr_21c96d9x
thanks !!

See
michaels> select xmlquery('declare function local:test_function($namecmp as xs:string?, $inputtype as xs:string?) as xs:string?
                    return {$inputtype}
                 local:test_function("1","2")' returning content) o from dual
Error at line 5
ORA-19114: error during parsing the XQuery expression:
LPX-00801: XQuery syntax error at '{'
3                       return {$inputtype}
-                              ^
michaels> select xmlquery('declare function local:test_function($namecmp as xs:string?, $inputtype as xs:string?) as xs:string?
                    $inputtype
                 local:test_function("1","2")' returning content) o from dual
O
2
1 row selected.

About semantic indexing using user defined ontology

hi zhe,
according to the dev. guide, you can do semantic index on a document using user defined ontology. however, multiword class names, individual names and property names defined in the ontology are usually concatenated and cannot have space. if I have a multiword concept such as "http://www.example.org/medicalProblem/DiagnosedPastNeurologicalDeficit" rather than "http://www.example.org/medicalProblem/Diagnosed Past Neurological Deficit" in the ontology and a loaded document in the table also contains the concept "Diagnosed Past Neurological Deficit", so how is the extractor able to identify the concept in the document? do I need to describe the concept in the ontology using rdfs:lable like this "<rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Diagnosed Past Neurological Deficit</rdfs:label>" so that extractor can identify the concept in the document? I am not clear how to use user defined ontology to semantically index documents. thanks a lot in advance.
hong

Hi Hong,
The semantic indexing feature is itself a framework. There is no native NLP engine bundled with it.
There are NLP engines like Open Calais, GATE, and Lymba that can work with this framework. Some engines
can take an ontology and map entities (events, individuals, relationships etc.) embedded in the text to definitions in the ontology. You can also perform the mapping yourself. For example, you can take out the rdfs:label (or comment, or some other descriptive parts) of URIs, build an Oracle Text index, perform a fuzzy text match for a given piece of phrase, and select the URI that gives the best matching score.
Hope it helps,
Zhe Wu

Problems using user defined activitys in Process Flows

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for