Trying to Do TotPlan Refresh but TotPlan.dmp file doesn't exist

Question

I tried using C:\demos\TotPlan\PLN\Batch\Refresh_demo_TotPlan.bat , however I get an error when it tries to restore ORCL db using backup file -
C:\demos\TotPlan\PLN\Backup\TotPlan.dmp . I search my drive and there is no .dmp file anywhere on the drive. Is this an issue with the Vlamis version of the drive for partners or are all EPM 11.1.1 Demo iamges missing this file? If someone has the .dmp file, please send it (zipped or non-zipped) to [email protected]

Answer 1

It's not the AppleScript that's failing, but more likely the shell script.
It's likely that AppleScript is calling the perlscript.pl file just fine, but perlscript.pl is failing because it can't find a file. That error gets passed back to AppleScript, and AppleScript reports it to you as the user.
The reason behind the failure is almost certainly because you're relying on some element of the user's environment  that doesn't exist in the do shell script environment - most typically $PATH.
For example, your user's $PATH may include the path to perl, but the do shell script's environment does not. If that's the case, then writing the first line of the script as:
#! perl
will work when called from your shell, but may fail when called from do shell script if the $PATH isn't configured.
The solution? Look at the perlscript.pl and make sure you're using absolute paths where necessary - at the very least it'll need a full path for /usr/bin/perl, but maybe also other files referenced by the script.