Processing 30 MB+ file in BPEL

I have a requirement where I need to read a simple CSV file having size 30 MB+ in BPEL. Currently I am not able to read anything above 6 MB size. Even after using incremental read the process is taking more than 30 mins to read the file and pump it's data into a table. The file has @ 500,000 lines. I am using SOA suite 11.1.1.4.0 version.

Try also with 'Use file streaming' option selected. I would also suggest, in this case, to receive multiple files (say, each with 5000 records) as opposed to single file with 500,000 records, from the source system. The adapter can then read/process only limited number of files during each polling cycle. To reduce the number of instances, set the debatch size to an optimal value (say, 200 records).

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Issue while Processing the Huge File in BPEL

Hi,
We are facing an Issue while Processing a Hige file in BPEL Process (More than 1MB File). When i test the files with more than 1500 transactions (More than 1MB file) then the BPEL Process is automatically goes to OFF Mode or it goes to Perform Manually Recovery Queue.
Even we are facing this issue in Production also so we are using UNIX Script to Split the file before place the file in BPEL Input directory.Any Pointers to resolve this issue will be helpful.
Thanks,
Saravana

Hi,
Please find the answers.
1. Currently we are using SOA 10.1.2 Version and JDev10g
2. we are using File Adapeter
3. yes. We used debatching.
4. Yes. I am able to recover from Manual Recovery Queue
5. Please find the error message
<2009-05-21 04:32:38,461> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.engine.dispatch> <Dispatcher::adjustThreadPool> Allocating 1 thread(s); pending threads: 1, active threads: 0, total: 83
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,077> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> File : /harbinger/prod/xlate/Outbound_Input_LDS_810/Input5162009.B2B is ready to be processed.
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,077> <INFO> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Processing file : /harbinger/prod/xlate/Outbound_Input_LDS_810/Input5162009.B2B
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,077> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFramework::Inbound> onBatchBegin: Batch 'bpel://localhost/ESIBT/BPELProcess_810~1.0//Input5162009.B2B_1242894594000' (/harbinger/prod/xlate/Outbound_Input_LDS_810/Input5162009.B2B) starting...
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,077> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.translation> <TranslatorFactory::log> Inside TranslatorFactory
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,078> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.translation> <TranslatorFactory::log> using version attribute = NXSD
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,078> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.translation> <TranslatorFactory::log> loading xlator class...oracle.tip.pc.services.translation.xlators.nxsd.NXSDTranslatorImpl
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,081> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.translation> <TranslatorFactory::log> class loaded
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,081> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Created translator : oracle.tip.pc.services.translation.xlators.nxsd.NXSDTranslatorImpl@46908ae8
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,098> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Setting up Control dir for debatching error recovery
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,121> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Control dir for debatching error recovery : /opt01/app/ESIBT/oracle/esibt10gR2iAS/BPEL10gR2/iAS/j2ee/home/fileftp/controlFiles/localhost_ESIBT_BPELProcess_810~1.0_/inbound
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,121> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Invoking inbound translation for : Input5162009.B2B
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,121> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.translation> <NXSDTranslatorImpl::log> Starting translateFromNative
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.translation> <NXSDTranslatorImpl::log> Done with translateFromNative
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Completed inbound translation for : Input5162009.B2B
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> isTextFile : true
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <INFO> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Translated inbound batch index 1 of file {Input5162009.B2B} with corrupted message count = 1
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Error Reader created using charset :ASCII
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <INFO> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Sending message to Adapter Framework for rejection to user-configured rejection handlers : {
fileName=/harbinger/prod/xlate/Outbound_Input_LDS_810/Input5162009.B2B, startLine=1, startColumn=1, endLine=-1, endCol=-1, Exception=ORABPEL-11167
Error while reading native data.
[Line=1, Col=70] Expected "\t" at the specified position in the native data, while trying to read the data for "element with name HDR_STORE_NUM", using "style" as "terminated" and "terminatedBy" as "\t", but not found.
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<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Setting batchId in NativeRecord to bpel://localhost/ESIBT/BPELProcess_810~1.0//Input5162009.B2B_1242894594000
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,139> <WARN> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFramework::Inbound> [Read_ptt::Read(Object)] - onReject: The resource adapter 'File Adapter' requested handling of a malformed inbound message. However, the following bpel.xml activation property has not been defined: 'rejectedMessageHandlers'. Please define it and redeploy the business process. Will use the default Rejection Directory file:///opt01/app/ESIBT/oracle/esibt10gR2iAS/BPEL10gR2/iAS/integration/orabpel/domains/ESIBT/archive/jca/BPELProcess_810/rejectedMessages for now.
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,140> <WARN> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFramework::Inbound> [Read_ptt::Read(Object)] - onReject: Sending invalid inbound message to Exception Handler:
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<2009-05-21 04:32:44,140> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <AdapterFramework::Inbound> Finished persisting rejected message to file system under the name: /opt01/app/ESIBT/oracle/esibt10gR2iAS/BPEL10gR2/iAS/integration/orabpel/domains/ESIBT/archive/jca/BPELProcess_810/rejectedMessages/INVALID_MSG_BPELProcess_810_Read_20090521_043244_0140.dat
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File=/harbinger/prod/xlate/Outbound_Input_LDS_810/Input5162009.B2B, batchIndex=1, PublishSize=1
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<2009-05-21 04:32:44,141> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Deleted file : true
<2009-05-21 04:32:44,141> <DEBUG> <ESIBT.collaxa.cube.activation> <File Adapter::Inbound> Removing file /harbinger/prod/xlate/Outbound_Input_LDS_810/Input5162009.B2B from files to be processed Map.
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For this error message this shows due to some /t its not picking up the file. but even i am facing the same issue for all the files where load is huge.
Thanks,
Saravana

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<2010-11-25 16:22:28,025> <WARN> <PreActivation.collaxa.cube.ws> <File Adapter::Outbound>
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /xfer/chroot/data/aramex/accountUpdate/files/VFQ-251120101_1000.csv (No such file or directory)
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at oracle.tip.adapter.file.inbound.ProcessWork.defaultArchive(ProcessWork.java:2341)
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ORABPEL-11042
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I have provided a response to on the following post
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Hi,
I am reading file of 1000 records from file adaptor and debatching into two instance of each 500 records. And using invoke insert operation writing into database.
The first batch of 500 records processed successfully and written into database custom table.
The second set of 500 records created warning instance with some error message and nothing is written to database from second set.
The error is due to some wrong data in one row of second set of 500 records. Due to that single row error, the remaining 499 got rejected and nothing from second set is inserted into database.
Do we have control on that only one record of second set(500records) and BPEL process should write remaining 499 records to database.
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Waiting for your replies.
Thank you.
Edited by: PraveenT2 on May 13, 2009 4:27 AM

Hi james,
Below is the schema file using for reading file
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:nxsd="http://xmlns.oracle.com/pcbpel/nxsd"
targetNamespace="http://TargetNamespace.com/readService"
xmlns:tns="http://TargetNamespace.com/readService"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
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*nxsd:uniqueMessageSeparator="${eol}">*
<xsd:element name="Root-Element">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="root" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="C1" type="xsd:int" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="," nxsd:quotedBy=""">
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="C2" type="xsd:string" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="," nxsd:quotedBy=""">
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="C3" type="xsd:int" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="," nxsd:quotedBy=""">
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="C4" type="xsd:int" nxsd:style="terminated" nxsd:terminatedBy="${eol}" nxsd:quotedBy=""">
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
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activationAgent
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</activationAgent>
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the file i was provided is :
10,veer,10000,12
20,james,2000,10
Veer|name|Test
Veer|name|Test
Veer|name|Test
10,file,10000,12
20,error,2000,10
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<ns0:eno>Veer|name|Test
Veer|name|Test
Veer|name|Test
10
</ns0:eno>
<ns0:ename>file</ns0:ename>
<ns0:sal>10000</ns0:sal>
<ns0:dept>12</ns0:dept>
Nothing has written into rejectedMessageHandlers folder set at bpel.xml.
Can you please help me on this issue. Thank you very much.
Edited by: PraveenT2 on May 13, 2009 10:33 PM
Edited by: PraveenT2 on May 13, 2009 10:34 PM
Edited by: PraveenT2 on May 13, 2009 10:48 PM

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I was wondering if it is possible to pass files of different types (.doc, .jpg etc.) into a BPEL process. If so, are there any documentation and/or examples showing how to do this?
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Is it possible to package java classes which are invoked through WSIF along with the BPEL Suitcase generated by bpelc?
I've noticed that when generating and deploying the suitcase using JDeveloper (10.1.3.x) - the class files are compiled to the output directory and packaged in the suitcase, but when I run the same build.xml via Ant (ant deploy-process), the class files are missing in the output directory and thus missing in the suitcase.
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Here is a how-to:
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<target name="process-deploy"
depends="validateTask, java-compile, compile, deployProcess, deployTaskForm, deployDecisionServices" />@ 3 Change the bpelc task by including a nested classes element that includes your class files, like so:
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<classes dir="${process.dir}/output" includes="**/*.class"/>
</bpelc>When you run target "process-deploy", the class files are added to the bpel suitcase.
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Then a Start Page just showed up missing the bookmark tool bar. I tried to import a bar from another browser. Nothing showed up. Then, I went to "Help". First, I clicked on "About Firefox" where I was informed of an update. This time, I tried it. When I clicked on "Apply Update", I received a message; 'Update could not be installed" despite there being no other Firefox browsers running.
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Check that the Bookmarks Toolbar is visible and that the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is still placed on the Bookmarks Toolbar.
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* If you do not see the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" or other items that are missing in the toolbar palette or on a toolbar then click the "Restore Default Set" button
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_add-ons
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars

Problem with importing saved .json backup file in fresh installed firefox 3.6.8? Message "unable to process the backup file", when i choosed option "Restore" from menu "organize your bookmarks" !?

Hello,
my problem is with importing saved .json backup file in fresh installed firefox 3.6.8? Message "unable to process the backup file", when i choosed option "Restore" from menu "organize your bookmarks" !?
Normally that i followed all instructions from your support site, and that i tried many things, but nothing helped :( !?
my .json file isn't corrupted cause it was saved on another partition before formatting my OS.
Please don't tell me that my bookmarks are lost :( cause i had many important things in that bookmarks, on 100.s pages :( ....
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
hoho33

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Can you restore that JSON backup in a new profile?
Did you make sure that it is really a JSON backup and that there is no missing or hidden other file extension?
A JSON backup starts with: {"title":"","id":1,"dateAdded"
A HTML backup starts with: <!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
You can try if you can restore that JSON backup in a new profile.
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems
See Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile (be careful not to copy corrupted files)
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
Please for administration of this support site, make possibility to quote someone's answer, on this way is dificult to answer somebody who wrote some suggestion!
No, i can't restore JSON backup in new profile, even on fresh installed OS XP SP3, with fresh installation of latest version of firefox!
MAN I TOLD YOU 10X IT'S 200 % JSON BACKUP FILE!!! I'M NOT IN IT FROM YESTERDAY, I WORK IN IT 12 YEARS!!!
I tried restoring json backup in new profile, but nothing, i couldn't restore, cause that stupid error from screen shot which i posted again appears !
Man i'm not totally noob i repeat 2nd time here, and normally that i know to create new profile, and that i tried that, but that didn't help!
I can't believe that FIREFOX has not good support team, and doesn't care for yours users, this will not give me more reason to use in future firefox
like borwser, if i don't have good support, and when i have problem like this, to loose all my very important bookmarks and passwords on them, and
firefox support won't to help me to solve my problem!
If somebody from firefox support team read this, i can give you Remote desktop access to my computer to try solve this problem, like other serious company
like HP, Dell , etc. give remote desktop support to their users!
Corel are you from firefox support team? Please don't write same suggestions, cause i know to read, and i understand well if you write once some suggestion!
Greetzz

HELP! Lost ALL my bookmarks & Bookmark Toolbar is empty. Attempts to restore from the backup files yields an error message that says, "Unable to process the backup file." Have tried opening nearly all 10 existing backups w/same result.

I was in the midst of a Firefox session w/two windows open. Nothing special about the sites. No fancy javascripts or anything. When I closed the second window and opened the "History, Show all History" pull-down, the Library screen had no data in it.
I looked for the Bookmarks.html file in my profile and it is missing. I tried renaming an old .bak file from a couple years ago and I can open it as a file and see the text of it displayed but Firefox will not recognize it as and open it as the Backups file.
Following the directions already posted - using "History, Show all History" then the "Import and Backup, Restore" process - allows Firefox to see all the backups, but trying to restore from any of them yields the "Unable to process the backup file" error message.
I have re-started my machine from a cold start - twice now.

The file that stores bookmarks is probably damaged, for details on how to fix that see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_process_the_backup_file_-_Firefox

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