Error java.sql.exception when setting up repository for OWB 11g

Question

Hey all,
I am encountering the following error on the last step of Repository Assistant, that is, while trying to set up the design repository in OWB 11g:
"The Warehouse Builder workspace installation failed
java.sql.SQLException : ORA-00942 table or view does not exist"
Below is an excerpt from the the log file:
main.TaskScheduler timer[5]20080620@14:51:54.054: 00> oracle.wh.service.impl.assistant.ProcessEngine.processSQLUserToken(ProcessEngine.java:1106)+>     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
main.TaskScheduler timer[5]20080620@14:51:54.054: 00> oracle.wh.service.impl.assistant.ProcessEngine.display(ProcessEngine.java:1572): Exception = java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
main.TaskScheduler timer[5]20080620@14:51:54.054: 00> oracle.wh.ui.install.assistant.wizards.AssistantWizardDefinition.display(AssistantWizardDefinition.java:788): [executeOwbReposOrRuntime]: Error occurred during Workspace Installation. Exception =java.lang.Exception: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
main.AWT-EventQueue-0[6]20080620@14:51:54.054: 00> oracle.wh.ui.jcommon.WhButton@a22671: WhButton setLabel rtsString = OK
main.AWT-EventQueue-0[6]20080620@14:58:17.017: 00> oracle.wh.ui.install.assistant.wizards.AssistantWizardDefinition.display(AssistantWizardDefinition.java:788): before open 'UnSuccessDialog'
main.AWT-EventQueue-0[6]20080620@14:58:17.017: 00> oracle.wh.ui.install.assistant.wizards.AssistantWizardDefinition.display(AssistantWizardDefinition.java:788): Open UnSuccessDialog ...
main.AWT-EventQueue-0[6]20080620@14:58:17.017: 00> oracle.wh.ui.jcommon.WhButton@a22671: WhButton setLabel rtsString = OK
I am new to OWB so please let me know if I've left out any information that would help in figuring out why the installation is not completing.
Thanks.

Answer 1

The only thing I can think of in OWB 11g is that the main schema that is used, which is OWBSYS, wasn't fully installed or it doesn't have all the tables or views it needs or they weren't created properly with the cat_owb.sal script.
Something must not have been created right. I would try to stop all OWB services with the appropriate scripts in:
<your_owb_home>owb\rtp\sql
try the stop_service.sql script.
Then try to drop the users owbsys and whatever you might have created (if it exists) for a workspace owner user. Then clean up with:
<your_owb_home>\owb\UnifiedRepos\clean_owbsys.sql
After that it is back to the drawing board from the beginning. DO these steps again that you likely did in the first place:
1. create owbsys with:
<your_owb_home>\owb\UnifiedRepos\cat_owb.sql <tablespace_name>
2. Set the control center home with:
<your_owb_home>\owb\UnifiedRepos\reset_owbcc_home.sql <your_owb_home>
*pay attention to the case of the the OWB HOME you give as a variable to the above script.  It needs to match the case of your real path.
3. Finally unlock owbsys.
4. look at <your_owb_home>\owb\bin\admin\ if the rtrepos.properties file size is at '0'. If it is for some reason, rename it to something else right now.
5. Then try to run the repository assistant again.
-Greg