Unable to create dimensions in schemas that use synonyms

Question

I have three schemas (s1, s2 and s3) that use synonyms to reference different tables. S1 and S2 have all tables, equally distributed in their schema. S3 is an end user who has just synonyms.
I tried creating dimensions in any of them, table or view not found error is encountered.
I created required tables in my schema (user: meka) and I was successfully able to create dimensions. The following command worked in "meka", not any of the three schemas (s1, s2 and s3).
CREATE DIMENSION country
     level city_id is lu_city.CITY_ID
          level state_id is lu_state.STATE_ID
          level country_id is lu_country.COUNTRY_ID
hierarchy country_hier (
city_id CHILD OF
state_id CHILD OF
country_id
JOIN KEY lu_city.STATE_ID references state_id
JOIN KEY lu_state.COUNTRY_ID references country_id
ATTRIBUTE city_id DETERMINES (lu_city.CITY_NAME)
ATTRIBUTE state_id DETERMINES (lu_state.STATE_NAME)
I tried a few combinations, including specifying fully qualified table names (s1.lu_city.city_id, etc); created views at user S3 tried the same. All of them were unsuccessful. I am using Oracle 11g R2, here is screen shot:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP,
Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
Q: How can I create a dimension in a schema where tables do not exist. They exist in another schema.
Edited by: user8967661 on Jan 12, 2010 2:12 PM

Answer 1

This is resolved.