Error during Olap metadata retrieval

Question

Hi all,
We are getting the following error while trying to establish connection to the olap catalog to retrive olap metadata information for BI Beans
"Successfully connected to the Oracle database but failed to retrieve metadata.
Although the database connection succeeded,metadata in the OLAP Catalog is not
valid and could not be retrieved.In order to create OLAP queries against the
database,you must ensure that the OLAP Catalog metadata is valid."
On running the BI Beans configuration diagnostic utility we get the following error
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<BICheckConfig version="1.0.0.0">
<Check key="JDEV_ORACLE_HOME" value="D:\JDev_57_Oct14Class"/>
<Check key="JAVA_HOME" value="D:\jdk1.3.1_04"/>
<Check key="JDeveloper version" value="9.0.3.998"/>
<Check key="BI Beans version" value="9.0.3.4.0"/>
<Check key="BI Beans internal version" value="2.7.0.11.3"/>
<Check key="host" value="ap950sun.us.oracle.com"/>
<Check key="port" value="1521"/>
<Check key="sid" value="HCXD2BI"/>
<Check key="user" value="hbi"/>
<Check key="Connecting to the database" value="Successful"/>
<Check key="JDBC driver version" value="9.2.0.1.0"/>
<Check key="JDBC JAR file location" value="D:\JDev_57_Oct14Class\jdbc\lib"/>
<Check key="Database version" value="9.2.0.2.0"/>
<Check key="OLAP Catalog version" value=""/>
<Check key="OLAP AW Engine version" value=""/>
<Check key="OLAP API Server version" value=""/>
<Check key="BI Beans Catalog version" value="N/A; not installed in hbi"/>
<Check key="OLAP API JAR file version" value="9.2"/>
<Check key="OLAP API JAR file location" value="D:\JDev_57_Oct14Class\jdev\lib\ext"/>
<Check key="OLAP API Metadata Load" value="Unsuccessful"/>
<Check key="Failure Point" value="MDMLoadFailed"/>
<Check key="StackTrace">
<![CDATA[
============================================================================
1) An error occurred during olap API metadata retrieval. This is probably caused by inconsistent metadata.
1) An error occurred during olap API metadata retrieval. This is probably caused by inconsistent metadata.
============================================================================
oracle.express.idl.util.OlapiException
     at oracle.express.idl.ExpressConnectionModule.ConnectionInterfaceStub.getDefaultDatabase(ConnectionInterfaceStub.java:1465)
     at oracle.express.mdm.MdmMetadataProvider.<init>(MdmMetadataProvider.java:200)
     at oracle.express.mdm.MdmMetadataProvider.<init>(MdmMetadataProvider.java:187)
     at oracle.express.olapi.data.full.ExpressDataProvider.getDefaultMetadataProvider(ExpressDataProvider.java:549)
     at oracle.dss.metadataManager.server.drivers.mdm._92.MDMMetadataDriverImpl_92.getMdmMetadataProvider(MDMMetadataDriverImpl_92.java:1134)
     at oracle.dss.metadataManager.server.drivers.mdm._92.MDMMetadataDriverImpl_92.attach(MDMMetadataDriverImpl_92.java:811)
     at oracle.dss.metadataManager.server.drivers.mdm.MDMMetadataDriverImpl.attach(MDMMetadataDriverImpl.java:133)
     at oracle.dss.metadataManager.server.MetadataManagerImpl.buildObjectModel(MetadataManagerImpl.java:1085)
     at oracle.dss.metadataManager.server.MetadataManagerImpl.attach(MetadataManagerImpl.java:962)
     at oracle.dss.metadataManager.client.MetadataManager.attach(MetadataManager.java:866)
     at oracle.dss.metadataManager.client.MetadataManager.attach(MetadataManager.java:792)
     at BICheckConfig.checkConnection(BICheckConfig.java:250)
     at BICheckConfig.main(BICheckConfig.java:1172)
]]>
</Check>
</BICheckConfig>
We are getting the same error for 2 different users.
We are using Jdeveloper 9.0.3 with BI Beans 9.0.3 and 9.2.0.2 database
Could someone help us with this.
Thanks in advance.
Nigel

Answer 1

Hi,
The issue here is if the whole catalog is corrupt or just one schema. So to try and determine the status of the catalog I would try:
1) Using OEM remove all the objects you created
2) I presume you created your database using the Database Configuration Assistant? You should have used the warehouse template
3) Make sure the following accounts are unlocked and also not expired : SH, OLAPSYS
4) Make sure the password for the SH schema is SH
5) Make sure the password for the OLAPSYS account is manager
6) Install the BIBDEMO schema that is shipped with BI Beans. This in the jdev_home/bibeans/bibdemo_schema
The installation process will remove SH schema from the OLAP catalog.
7)Once this is installed use JDeveloper to see if you can create a crosstab or graph.
8) If the BIBDEMO schema works try creating your new schemas one at a time.
9) Make sure the if you define the a dimension as type time it has END_DATE (column type DATE) and TIME_SPAN (column type number) defined. Otherwise don't define the dimension as type time.
Hope this helps
Keith Laker
Product Manager
Oracle Business Intelligence Beans