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We are thinking of using OWB. I understand the OWB limitation that only Oracle can be used as a Target and that is acceptable. However I am more interested in hearing about things like Data Quality analysis, Business process Modelling, ease of data Integration capabilites, support for Data Mart loading from the Warehouse, Business Rules validation.

Hi Robin,
OWB has a large number of the things you are interested in. A good start is probably to look on the main OTN pages for some collateral. In the list below I did not spot any big missing components in the current product, and we are extending the BPmodeling with support for BPEL in the near future.
Thanks,
Jean-Pierre

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Cant deploy in OWB 9.2.0.4.0 after database upgradation

We are facing a problem with OWB 9.2.0.4.0 after the database is upgraded from[b] oracle 9.2.0.1.0 to 9.2.0.8.0.
Initially OWB 9.2.0.4.0 was working fine with oracle 9.2.0.1.0 (i.e. the owb runtime and target schema was in this database) but due to some urgent requirement we need to upgrade the database to oracle 9.2.0.8.0. After the oracle upgradation we cant deploy any ETL object from the OWB design(9.2.0.4.0) to the runtime. Also we cant create any new runtime repositories into the upgraded database.
Can anyone please suggest whether this is happening due to version incompatability?
or is there any patches/scripts that needs to be run after the database upgradation?
Thanks in advance.

Hi there,
I upgradet a cuple of Times a Database
and use the OWB (and the Workflow) after that again.
I didn´t know exactly what´s going on by you
but maybe after the Upgrade there´re no more OWB Informations in teh Schemata?
You can start the Design Browser (ControlCenter), right?
Question: Is the DesignRepository in the same Instance
as the Runtime Repository?
If not, then i think it´s the best Way to reinstall the OWB Components using the Runtime Wizzards (runtimeinst.sh under UNIX).
If it is the same Instance try to take a look in the Log-Files from the Upgradeprocess.
You can even try to view the Oracle Documentations
about what´s exactly happened during the Upgrade.
Sorry, i think that didn´t help you very much, but i think at least with a new Installation of the OWB Components you can sure to fix your Problem.
Regards
Lone

Where is owb user information stored in tables

Hi All,
I am using OWB Repository 10.2.0.4.0 . I need to know, where is OWB User information stored in physical tables of repository.
Please help me in this regard?

You can refer the following queries
1. select owner from dba_objects where object_name = 'ALL_IV_INSTALLATIONS' and owner not in ('PUBLIC');
2. select distinct grantee, substr(granted_role,5,25)
from dba_role_privs
where substr(granted_role,1,4)='OWB_'
and substr(granted_role,1,6) not in ('OWB_A_','OWB_D_','OWB_O_','OWBR_')
and default_role='NO'
and admin_option='NO';
Thanks,
Sutirtha

DBG1005 : The connection information provided does not specify a valid OWB

Hi,
Need a small help.
actually am inserting data from view as source to table as target in the same schema.
designed mapping and compile and run successfully,but getting the following error OWB.
DBG1005 : The connection information provided does not specify a valid OWB Control Center target schema.
can you pls help me in this regard.
Thanks,
SKMS

Is you target schema is registered to OWB.
You can check it by connecting OWB with Repositoty owner.
Global Explorer ->security->Users.
If the user is not there then add the user from here only.

How can OWB apply information access control policy?

Hi friends,
My question is "how can OWB apply information access control policy in DW?"
Regards

Hi,
what exactly do you mean by "information access control policy"?
What you cannot do in owb is define grants or virtual private database (vpd) constraints.
What you can do is restrict the developer's access to owb objects in the repository.
Regards,
Carsten.

Need information for which patch will be best on top of OWB 10.2.0.1

Hi ,
Can anybody tell us what are the options of patches for applying on top of
current Oracle warehouse Builder (OWB Client 10.2.0.1.31 ) and (OWB Repository 10.2.0.1.0.)
OS is windows 2003 server 64 bit
Server- HP Itanium with ram 8 gb
Also want upgrade OWB server on top of Client.
and can you suggest what should be best h/w config for this to handle more than 1 TB data in DWH.(2 gb/day)
from where we can Download it ?
Pl revert back to my mail id also [email protected]
Regards
-Umesh
Edited by: Umesh_owb on Aug 3, 2009 12:39 PM

Thanks Dear,
can we direct apply 10.2.0.5 on the top of 10.2.0.1 of owb ?
and can you share link from where we can download OWB 10g r2 server, coz need to convert our client of owb into server of owb then only need to apply patches.
So Pl .....
@ waiting for reply
Regards
Umesh

OWB R2 Repository Assistant Connection Information Always Fail

Repository Assistant Step 1 of 8 for Release 10R2 with Backend database 11G
Options Used to Create Repository:
1. Database is up and able to connect to database using ID/PW@alias with no problem
2. Launch Repository Assistant and selected Step (Advance Setup and/or Basic Install
3. Repository User Name: rep_admin, Repository User Password: rep_admin
SYSDBA Username: sys
SYSDBA Password: <somepw>
Host Name: somehostname
Port Number: 1521
Oracle Service Name: Some.Domain.com
Checked SQL*Net Connection: Some.Domain.com
I get Connection Error (INS0009: unable to connect to the database user SYS java.sql ORA-01017

Hi,
Thanks for your replies. I have access to the database thru SQL Plus, SQL Developer and are all working fine (like the ping and TNSPING).
But still, I am not able to access the Database thru OWB Assistant/ Design Center.
My environment is:
Database: Oracle 11G on linux
Client: Oracle Client (11G) on Windows XP
OWB: OWB 10g R2 on Windows XP.
Thank you,
Shekhar

OWB 10GR2 - Information

Hello,
I just want to know if the software OWB 10gR2 is still maintained by oracle (evolutionary maintenance) or in order to fix some bugs we have to upgrade to 11g ?

I guess it depends on the nature of the bug in order for you to successfully upgrade to 11g.
Cheers
David

How to find verion information for owb?

I have an oracke BI database that I need to migrate to a new server and storage platform for perfomance reasons and the server is running owb but I am not sure which version of owb is installed on the server. The database where the owb repository is 10.1.0.3 on suse linux.
I plan to use oracle dataguard to migrate the database to the new hardware but I am also trying to fond out how to move the owb? Can the owb be installed ahead of time on the new server and then pointed back to the original repository once the database has been replicated to the new hardware?
I am not familiar with the install of owb unfortunately and do not know of you can just install it without creating the repository and then point it to an existing repositor at a later time?
Appreciate any help,
Thx.

You can ckeck OWB version in such ways
- run Oracle Universal Installer and look at Oracle home for OWB installation (OUI display release of installed software including applied patches)
- or connect to OWB repository owner and execute SQL SELECT RUNTIME_VERSION FROM WB_RT_SERVICE_NODESAfter that install corresponding OWB release on new server (into different from Oracle database Home).
Then follow steps from Metalink note 434272.1 "How To Update Warehouse Builder 10.2 After A Database Cloning" (there are similar Metalink notes for other OWB releases).
Other helpful forum threads:
Why can't I connect to warehouse builder?
How to clone an OWB Runtime environment?
Regards,
Oleg

Error while deploying a mapping in OWB.

Hi All,
OWB configuration is as follows:
Oracle9i Warehouse Builder Client: 9.2.0.2.8
Oracle9i Warehouse Builder Client: 9.2.0.2.0
OS: Windows XP Professional.
Following is error message displayed when i tried to deploy a mapping thru OWB Client.
RTC-5260 Failed to connect to runtime platform. Please check you have provided the correct host,user, password, service_name.
RTC-5324" This Runtime Access user is not associated with the specified runtime repository. Please use the OWB Runtime Assistant to ressolve this problem.
Steps followed are as follows:
1> Defined Source Module, Added Connection & Location information.
Dblink created to point to source schema. Tables imported from the source schema.
2> Defined Target Module, Added Connection & Location information. Dblink created to point to target schema. Tables imported from the target schema.
3> Created a simple mapping which involves a source & target table, Aggregator operator.
4> Validated & Generated the mapping.
5> Created Runtime Repository Connections.
6> Selected the Repository Connection at time of Deploy entered the password.
Am i missing few steps for deployment of the mapping?
The error message RTC-5260 suggests that
This Runtime Access user is not associated with the specified runtime repository. How this can be done?
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Vidyanand

Hi Vidyanand,
Did you create the runtime access user using the runtime assistant? Did you select the correct runtime repository (if you have more) to associate your runtime access user with?
Note that there are 4 database roles being created when you create a runtime repository owner:
- OWB_A_<runtime repository owner>
- OWB_D_<runtime repository owner>
- OWB_R_<runtime repository owner>
- OWB_U_<runtime repository owner>
If you would grant those roles to a user, then that user becomes an access user for the user with username <runtime repository owner>.
Note that you can also use the runtime repository credentials to connect to the runtime repository for deployment purposes, but you may not want that because of security concerns.
Thanks,
Mark.

Connect to MSSQL from OWB Linux.

Hi,
This is almost an embarrasing question to ask because I should be able to find this information but Alas! such is life.
So here goes, I want to be able to connect from my OWB 10gR2 on Linux to Microsoft SQL Server on some windows box. I went into MY_PROJECT->Databases->Non-Oracle->SQL Server and hit create.
I got details for a location that I filled as follows -
User Name: username
Password: password
Host: Host\Instance
Port: 1433
Service Name: Instance
Use Global Name: unchecked
Schema: username
When I test this, I get -
ORA-28545: error diagnosed by Net8 when connecting to an agent
Unable to retrieve text of NETWORK/NCR message 65535
ORA-02063: preceding 2 lines from OWB_1087
Am I missing something? Do I need to do something else? I saw this posting -
Connect to MS SQL server from OWB on Linux platform
but it seems dated.
I don't know if there are easier ways to connect from OWB Linux to MSSQL Windows in the newer versions. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

I recommend watching this viewlet: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/warehouse/htdocs/sql_server_source_all/sql_server_source_all_viewlet_swf.html
It shows how to setup connections to SQL Server. However, there is one major change. The viewlet shows how to do this on Windows and you need to do this on Linux. The only step that changes is step 1: setting up the ODBC driver. You will need to find a Linux ODBC driver and driver manager for SQL Server and get that setup. After that you can use the viewlet to setup the Heterogeneous Services.
Bryan

Error when deploying a mapping to Staging in OWB 11gr2

Hi,
I recieve the following error when I try to deploy a simple Source to Stage mapping:
RPE-01012: Cannot deploy PL/SQL maps to this target schema. The target schema must be in the same instance as the Control Center and have the OWB_USER role granted.
I have spent few hours researching it, but have not yet found a solution.
My environment:
DB 11gr2 on Red Hat Linux. (OWB Server is on linux and the same machine as its Repository and the 11gr2 db).
Source is on an Oracle 10.2 DB server in Texas;
Target (Staging env) is in California, also on Oracle 10.2.
I can validate the mapping and the Staging table was deployed sucessfully to the Staging DB.
Do I need to create a repository and workspace on the Target DB (Oracle 10.2) using Repository Assistant? (If that's the case, then would one also need to create OWBSYS?)
Please help.

This is an urgent request. Would appreciate it if someone could point out what I may be doing wrong.
To summarize, my target DB is on Oracle 10.2 in a remote location, so I ran the 3 scripts that OWB Install documents require: Section: Configuring OWB Installed as a Standalone Instance.
Cat_web.sql, reset_owbcc_home.sql, and remote_owb_install.sql.
But, when I run the Repository assistant, I get the error above (asking me to install compatible OWB version.)
Here are the detailed steps:
1. Ran clean_owbsys.sql
2. Ran cat_owb.sql (Against USERS Tablespace)
3. reset_owbcc_home.sql (?? Ora home for Target???)
4. Ran remote_owb_install.sql (??Ora Home for Target???) -- I have tried different combinations, but no difference.
For Repository Assistant, here are the detailed steps:
1. Provide connect info for the remote db (host:Port:Service)
2. Selected "Managed Warehouse Build Workspaces"
3. Selected "Create a new Warehouse Builder Workspace"
4. Select "Create a workspace with an existing user as workspace owner" (Since we have user already defined for this role. Should I create a new one??)
5. Entered Workspace Owner's User Name, Password and created WKS1 as the Workspace.
6. Entered System / and Password to logon
7. Provided Owbsys user id and Password and clicked on Next
8. As soon as I hit Next on the OWBSYS Information screen, I get the error:
"OWB software with the compatible version must be installed locally on the database server machine". If it is installed, acquire the DBA user credentials,
and run the remote_owb_install.sql script on the Oracle Database server machine..."
(I have tried with different paths for the reset_owbcc_home and remote_owb_install scripts)

OWB Error while deploying the mapping Io exception: The Network Adapter co

Hi,
We are using OWB 10.2 in our production environment.Actually we are using OWB only for development.
After deploying each mapping we will create scheduler job for execution of these mappings.
Recently our staging DBs port has been changed to 1522 from 1521 and i have gone throgh the below steps.
1) Changed the port in tnsnames.ora file.
2) In Start Control Centre Servioce ,i have changed the port to 1522 for owbownr user and started the service successfully.
3) i have run the script UpdateLocation.sql from the OWBOWNR schema and updated the port number.
4) I tried to run the UpdateControlCenter.sql in owbownr schema and staging schema also,but i am getting an error like below.
SQL> @UpdateControlCenter.sql
This sql script sets the host:port:service parameters for a control center
in the OWB Client Repository.
The connection type must be host:port:service and cannot be changed
using this script.
Enter Control Center Name: DEFAULT_CONTROL_CENTER
Host: 10.109.65.62
Port: 1522
Service Name: DWHOWNR
Update location properties for DEFAULT_CONTROL_CENTER
Location Type =
Control Center DEFAULT_CONTROL_CENTER Found
Connection Type SQL*NET Connection cannot be updated
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
5) When i am running the service_doctor.sql on owbownr schema i am getting incorrect port number like below
SQL> @service_doctor.sql
There are errors in one or more PL/SQL packages and functions
Platform properties have been loaded correctly
Platform location has been seeded correctly
NLS messages have been loaded correctly
The platform service is available
There is a problem accessing the service startup script from the database
server
Here is the detailed error message which contains the name of the start
script file:-
Service startup file 'null/owb/bin/unix/run_service.sh' is not
accessible from the database server on instance number 1
Please verify that the disk containing the file is visible to the
database server
Please verify that the database server account has access rights on the
file
There is a problem with the repository connection information used to
start the service
Here is the detailed error message which contains the connection
information passed to the service:-
Cannot connect: user=DWHOWNR host=10.109.65.62 port=1521
service-name=DWHSTG
Please verify that this information is accurate
If this information is correct, then please use the
'set_repository_password.sql' script to reset the stored password
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
6) After login to OWB ,i have checked the Location,OWB Repository Location And Control center In OWB connection Explorer,
and all the connections are successful.
After this i took Control Centre from Tools and i tried to deploy one mapping.
And i got some error like below.
Name
Type
Status
Log
COPY_OF_ICDMAPFCTAWB
Description : Runtime User : ICGSTG Started : 2011-10-24 19:32:19.0
Name
Action
Status
Log
None
Error
Io exception: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection
None
Error
Io exception: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection
None
RECOVERY
RPE-01008: Recovery of this request is in progress.
Job Summary
Updated : 2011-10-24 19:32:19.0 Job Final Status : Completed with errors Job Processed Count : 0 Job Error Count : 0 Job Warning Count : 0
I think the issue is due to the wrong port number .
Can any one help me to solve this issue??
Edited by: 892899 on Oct 24, 2011 6:01 AM

Hi Allan,
Thanks for your quick reply.
I have checked in OWB\Locations\Database\Oracle\Location\DB Connectors and also in Control Center\Location\Connectors,seems like there is no connectors created.
Do you have any other suggestions?
Also i analyzed the UpdateControlCenter.sql in that
select value into v_connectiontype from cmpstringpropertyvalue_v where logicalname = 'CMPLocation_ConnectionType' and propertyowner = v_elementid;
the qry returns 'SQL*NET'.
Any workaround for these???
Please reply.

Error while importing process flow mdls in OWB 11.2.0.3

Hi All,
I am facing below error while importing process flow mdls in OWB 11.2.0.3:
ERROR
Informational: MDL1328: PROJECT MTH not imported since the object in MDL file
is the same as the object in the workspace.
Error at line 11: MDL1261: Error importing PROCESS_FLOW_MODULE MTH.MTH_PF.
Detailed Error Message:
MDL1409: Cannot import PROCESS_FLOW_MODULE with physical name <MTH_PF>
because a PROCESS_FLOW_MODULE <MTH_PF> with the same physical name already
exists.
Can someone please let me know on how this can be resolved.
Thanks in Advance.

the first information warning message is ok, the 2nd ones should be gone if you use the replace mode
OMBIMPORT FROM MDL_FILE 'pfm_mod.mdl' USE REPLACE_MODE MATCH_BY NAMES
let me know if that fix it

Error when trying to create a snapshot in OWB 9.2

When I try to create a full snapshot in OWB 9.2 I get "ORA-00947: not enough values". I have tried this at the Projetc, Module and single Mapping level, always with the same result.
ORA-00947: not enough values
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 459
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 820
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 856
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 1519
ORA-06512: at line 1
ORA-00947: not enough values
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 459
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 820
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 856
ORA-06512: at "OWB.SNAPSHOT", line 1519
ORA-06512: at line 1
at racle.wh.repos.impl.mcm.MCMUtils.executeStoredProcedure(MCMUtils.java:50)
at oracle.wh.repos.impl.mcm.MCMServiceImpl.takeSnapshot(MCMServiceImpl.java:867)
at oracle.wh.repos.impl.mcm.MCMServiceImpl.takeSnapshot(MCMServiceImpl.java:755)
at oracle.wh.repos.impl.mcm.MCMServiceImpl.createSnapshot(MCMServiceImpl.java:676)
at oracle.wh.ui.mcm.CreateSnapshotWizard$CreateSnapshotAction.run(CreateSnapshotWizard.java:433)
at oracle.wh.ui.mcm.Task.run(Task.java:54)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)

Some further information:
I ave used TOAD to run a schema compare on the upgraded and the clean repository schemas. This is part of the result:
Objects in "Clean" that are not in "Upgraded"
Package
OWBUOIDRECONCILE
Package Body
OWBUOIDRECONCILE
Table
HIERARCHYREFTABLE
HIERARCHYROOTS
OBJECTCONTEXTTREE
OBJECTHIERARCHYTABLE
UOIDERRORTABLE
UOIDREFERENCETABLE
UOIDREFERENCETARGETTABLE
Objects in both schemas but with differences
Package
MODELSERVICE (differs by body)
NAMESPACESERVICEIMPL (differs by body)
OWM_VIEW_UTILITIES (differs by body)
SNAPSHOT (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTCREATERESTORE (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTGENERATED (differs by body)
WMP_API_ERROR (differs by body)
WMP_API_SESSION (differs by body)
WMP_PORTAL (differs by body)
Package Body
LIA_CLIENT (differs by body)
MODELSERVICE (differs by body)
NAMESPACESERVICEIMPL (differs by body)
OWBB_LIA (differs by body)
OWM_VIEW_UTILITIES (differs by body)
SNAPSHOT (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTCREATERESTORE (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTERROR (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTGENERATED (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTIMPORT (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTMXS (differs by body)
SNAPSHOTTRIGGER (differs by body)
WBSECURITYHELPER (differs by body)
WMP_API_ERROR (differs by body)
WMP_API_NLS (differs by body)
WMP_API_UI (differs by body)
WMP_LIA (differs by body)
WMP_PAGES (differs by body)
WMP_PORTAL (differs by body)

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