Dynamic import of metadata in owb?

Question

hello,
I have to create a data warehouse in an Oracle database 11gR1, the production system is based on Oracle 9.2.0.1, to capture data changes I have to use synchronous cdc because the asynchronous mode requires at least version 9.2.0.6
in synchronous mode I must generate views each time I want to capture the changes but in owb 11gR1 I can not import views in dynamic mode
what can you suggest to me in this case?
thank you
tarek

Answer 1

That's unfortunate.
You'll probably have to write some PL/SQL that does one of two things. First, you could us a synonym to pull the view into OWB. You'll have to use some PL/SQL that drops and recreates the synonym every time you extend the window, to have the synonym point to the new name of the change view. You could do the same thing with a view if you are more comfortable with using a view. One of the parameters passed to the procedure would be the dynamic change view.
The other thing you could do is have a PL/SQL procedure that selects all the rows out of the change view and inserts them to a regular staging table. Similar to the procedure above, you could pass the dynamic name of the change view but the staging table would always be constant. That way it could be brought into OWB and used successfully.
Stewart Bryson