Questions about OutLineLoad utility (metadata)

Hi!
I need to check out whether it matters if csv load file has column header like " Plan1" or should it be like "Plan Type (Plan1)". Another example could be "Aggregation Plan1" vs "Aggregation (Plan1)"?
Do this kind of things reject metadata loading to a custom defined dimension like "Product"?
Does the location of OutLineLoad utility matter when running the utility from the command prompt? Usually the OutlineLoad utility can be found in the Planning/bin folder, but in this case the utility is stored into other folder in Planning server (version 11.1.2 ??/quite new version).
When trying to run the utility I ran into error message like:
“Unable to obtain dimension information and/or perform a data load: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/dms/context/ExecutionContext”
Any idea what does this mean? Is it due to csv file column header errors or does it refer to something else?
I would be grateful for your help.
kind regards,
user637777

The column header should be "Plan Type (Plan1)" and "Aggregation (Plan1)"
What I suggest is starting out with a simple load file maybe with just Parent and member e.g. Parent,Account
And then one record of data.
A example of the location to run the utility from is :- <MIDDLEWARE_HOME>\user_projects\epmsystem1\Planning\planning1
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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