OWB 10G Rel2 demos on Linux

Question

Platform
Suse Linux
Oracle Warehouse Builder 10G Rel 2
Downloaded owbdemo_files.zip from
www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe_bi/owb/owb-paris/OWB-Getting%20Started/Lesson1_Starting_with_OWB/overview.htm
The Oracle By Example Tutorials would be interesting if the files loaded without error in the OMB utility.
Firstly set Global TCL variables correctly in file owbdemoinit.tcl.
Attempting to execute the tcl scripts i find...
1.0 createlocs.tcl
OMBALTER CONTROL_CENTER 'DEFAULT_CONTROL_CENTER'\
SET PROPERTIES (HOST, PORT, SERVICE_NAME, USER, PASSWORD, SCHEMA)\
VALUES('$host', '$port', '$service', '$owbclient', '$owbclientpwd', '$owbclient')
This Statement fails every time with "OMB06319 Cannot modify any properties of DEFAULT CONTROL CENTER"
Is it actually required for the sake of the DEMO ????
2.0 In loadrolapsales.tcl the reference to the sequences script has an UPPER CASE 'S' in the word Sequence. The Sequences file in the demo zip on the operating system has all lower case letters in the name causing the script to fail on any operating system where the case is significant. i.e Non Microsoft
Platforms
3.0
In dim_times.tcl ( called from loadrolapsales.tcl ) the syntax coded to
create the time dimension is simply wrong. I am not sure what it should be
if anyone has an example with Correct Syntax i would like to see it.
OMB00001 : Encountered SET REF at line: 1 column: 336. Was expecting one of:
"IMPLEMENTED"..."POPULATE" ... "ADD" ... "SET FISCAL_CALENDAR"
Sntax in file is
OMBCREATE TIME_DIMENSION 'TIMES'\
SET PROPERTIES ( DESCRIPTION, BUSINESS_NAME )\
VALUES ('Times', 'Times')\
ADD NORMAL_CALENDAR HIERARCHY 'TIME_STD'\
SET PROPERTIES ( DESCRIPTION, BUSINESS_NAME )\
VALUES ('Time Standard', 'Time Standard')\
SET REF (CALENDAR_MONTH LEVEL 'MONTH',\
CALENDAR_QUARTER LEVEL 'QUARTER', CALENDAR_YEAR_LEVEL 'YEAR')\
SET REF SEQUENCE 'TIME_DIM_SEQ'\
4.0 dim_channels.tcl, dim_products.tcl, dim_promotions.tcl all fail with
OMB01107 Property OLAP_TYPE does not exist in class oracle.owb.dimensional.DimensionAttribute
from OMBALTER DIMENSION 'CHANNELS' MODIFY DIMENSION_ATTRIBUTE 'NAME'\
SET PROPERTIES (OLAP_TYPE) VALUES ( .......
Regards
Russell

Answer 1

I'm using OWB 11G Rel1 and trying to run the appropriate version for this same tutorial.
Even I am getting problems with the creation of the Time Dimension. The dim_times.tcl script is now already updated with the changes proposed here but when I source it all I get is the following path written to screen and nothing else:
OMB+> source loadrolapsales.tcl
Loading ROLAP Cube
Sequences created
oracle/AWAction/Attach
The error is obviously coming from the dim_times.tcl script since, if i paste the actual code to command line I get the same error:
OMB+> OMBCREATE TIME_DIMENSION 'TIMES'\
SET PROPERTIES ( DESCRIPTION, BUSINESS_NAME, DEPLOYMENT_OPTIONS)\
VALUES ('Times', 'Times', 'Deploy All')\
ADD NORMAL_CALENDAR HIERARCHY 'TIME_STD'\
SET PROPERTIES ( DESCRIPTION, BUSINESS_NAME )\
VALUES ('Time Standard', 'Time Standard')\
SET REF (CALENDAR_MONTH LEVEL 'MONTH',\
CALENDAR_QUARTER LEVEL 'QUARTER', CALENDAR_YEAR LEVEL 'YEAR')\
IMPLEMENTED BY STAR SET REF SEQUENCE 'TIME_DIM_SEQ'\
POPULATE DATA FROM 2001 FOR 1 YEARSoracle/AWAction/Attach
Interestingly, I also have a problem with trying to create the time dimension using the Time Dimension Wizard in the Oracle Warehouse Design Centre. (see this thread Re: Problem with Time Dimension generating and I'm now wondering whether the 2 issues might be related.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks