I can't connect a Bi Bean with an Olap Service

Question

Hi,
I have installed Oracle 9i Enterprise Edition (9.0.1.1.1), Oracle 9i BiBeans release Candidate 9.0.2.4.0 Beta and Oracle 9i JDeveloper 9.0.2 at the same platform.
When I execute the JDeveloper and I try to create a new Business Intelligence Beans in a java project, the BI Designer assistant is launched, but in the step where I have to select the OLAP service, the Olap Connection Wizard can't be invoked, could you explain me why it happen? Because, when I take a look at the olap service, it is up.
Also, when I installed the BiBeans I followed the steps of the installation guide but I had a problem, I can't execute the bi_installcatalog and I got the following message: "The system can't find the path", is it necessary to be executed to create a BI Bean?
I'll hope you can help me about it.
Thank you very much.
Gisella Linares

Answer 1

Hi,
I have had similar problems on my machine. I found the best solution (I think because I have a dynamic IP address for my machine?) is to use 'localhost' as the host name in the 'Connection' tab. Also the SID should be the database SID as per your LISTENER.ORA file. Then it should all work. Are there any messages in the STATUS window when you try to select and OLAP server instance?
The installation of the catalog is only required if you want to store your presentations in the database (i.e. so you can share them with other database users). The error with the installation I expect is due to an error with two class files. CLASSES12.JAR and NLS_CHARSET12.JAR. These need to be replaced with the sames files located in the RDBMS 901 home directory. The installation notes explain which files you need to edit to point JDev to the new files. The quickest way to test this is to rename the files in the JDev Home/jdbc/lib directory to .old and replace them with the files from the Oracle 901 home directory.
Hope this helps.
Keith