Issue Starting BatchLoader for UCM

Question

Ok so I'm trying to run BatchLoader for UCM and I get the error
"Unable to start the batch loader. Failed to initialize. Unable to initialize the system provider 'SystemDatabase'. Cannot find the parameter 'JdbcConnectionString'."
Any protips on why this error is happening?

Answer 1

In 11g, UCM uses a datasource provided by WLS. Unfortunately, the standalone applets still need a database connection defined in the pre-11g format.
Go into System Properties (or manually in config.cfg if you know the parameter names) and provide the following data (assuming an Oracle database is being used for UCM):
Oracle Thin JDBC Driver Radio button     Selected
Database Driver Classpath: *(enter the exact string listed here including the dollar sign.)*     ${IdcHomeDir}/jlib/ojdbc5.jar
JDBC Connection String:     jdbc:oracle:thin:@<YourDatabase Server Name>:<YourDatabase Server Port>:<YourDatabase Service Name>
JDBC User Name:     <Your UCM Schema User Name>
JDBC User Password:     <Your UCM Schema User Password>
The next gotcha is going to be the user login name. The standalone applets only "know" those users in the Users table that are "local", and the only local user is "sysadmin" in 11g. And you won't know the password... no one does. So before trying to launch any of these applets, either change the sysadmin password from the web UI, or create a new local user similar to sysadmin with a password you can control. (I generally use option 2.)