Sometimes I have a configuration change to make or need to restart a specific system component in one of my servers, here is a list of stop / start commands for each of the system components…
Symptom: The following error message is displayed: [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 46043] Internal error: No matching table for expr D_OPER_UNIT_XL.OPER_UNIT_SID, File .\Src\SQOSPSimplifyJoin.cpp, line 118. Cause: This symptom is associated with corrupted physical layer join relationships. The best way to test for a root cause is to isolate the […]
One key step to configuring an enterprise deployment of Oracle Business Intelligence is to be setup your services to run in the background as Windows services and start automatically with your server. By default the installer will create windows services for Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) and the Weblogic Node Manager, this leaves us with the need to configure services for the Weblogic AdminServer and the BI Managed Server.
This procedure is required when installing Oracle products such at the Oracle Database or Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition on a host machine that uses DHCP. Follow the steps to configure a loopback adapterand then: Open the host file under c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc using notepad Identify your computer’s host name by right clicking on My Computer, selecting […]
Symptom: The following error message is displayed when trying to issue any queries to an Oracle database: [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. libclntsh.so.10.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 [nQSError: 46029] Failed to load the DLL /usr/oracle/OracleBI/server/Bin/libnqsdbgatewayoci10g.so. Check if ‘Oracle OCI 10G’ database client is installed. Causes: This error message is typical of a situation […]
Description This error message is associated with the “Descriptor ID” feature introduced with OBIEE 11g. This feature is aimed at transparently replacing descriptor fields (ie. Department Name) with their equivalent ID fields (ie. Department ID) on the WHERE clause of SQL statements issued by the BI server. This is achieved by selecting a “Descriptor ID” […]
Problem: The OBIEE 11g presentation service fails to start. Symptoms: Error Code: “IM002. Code: 10040. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: IM002] [nQSError: 10040]The requested data source name is either not found, incomplete, or incorrect. (IM002)” Cause: The DSN tag value on the instanceconfig.xml file is incorrect or a valid data source is missing. Solution: Verify that […]
Oracle support now requires you to enter the flash version you are using when filing a new Service Request in relation to a Char issue, to find out your flash player version go to the adobe website below: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
Features include prompt autocomplete, optional apply button, favorites, full text search, and enhancements to: Mapview, Selections, Views, Scorecard and Strategy Managemnet….
This work around is related to my previous post on OBIEE error: “Your browser is not supported by Oracle BI Presentation Services”
OBIEE is not compatible with Firefox 10 which is being rolled out to user desktop computers through automatic updates…
The following is the list of Bugs fixed in OBIEE 11.1.1.5 Release grouped by component : Admin Tool * 7538753 SAP BW IMPORT DOES NOT RETRIEVE UNIQUE NAME FOR MEASURE COLUMNS * 10012297 ADMIN TOOL CRASH ON VERY LARGE EXPRESSIONS – OVERFLOW AT APPROX 3200 CHARACTERS * 10032385 TABLE MISSING IN SQL "FROM" CLAUSE – […]
I ran into an weird issue yesterday trying to troubleshoot data security for my current gig. What it came down to is the fact that for some reason the equality operator in the expression below wasn’t being resolved correctly by OBI: LOWER( TRIM(“Data Warehouse”.””.”SCHEMA_NAME”.”ALS_BI_SEC_USER_DEPT”.”EMAIL_ADDRESS”)) = ( LOWER( TRIM( VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.”USER”)))) Even after toying with :USER, applying […]
This post should guide users new to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition version 11g familiarize themselves with changes in directory structure and to be able to locate the OBIEE 11g web catalog directory…
Overview This is a brief installation guide for those currently working on their 11.1.1.5 OBIEE installation. Please post commnents if you have any questions or run into issues installing OBIEE 11g, we will try to fix them and can document their resolution for future reference. Pre-requisites Download the installer from OTN to your windows machine […]
After reading this post you should be able to configure the boot.properties file to provide the WebLogic server with startup credentials, a necessary step when configuring the server for automated startup …The WebLogic server does not start automatically, it is prompting for a user name and password WebLogic not reading boot.properties file
Oracle releases native SAP BW BAPI adapter and iPad/iPhone support in release 11.1.1.5 of OBIEE
As I spend a lot of time switching between a very well defined set of directories in the Oracle Middleware home for OBIEE 11g I have been developing a list of variables that I like to use in my scripts and configure in the servers that I most commonly work with. They have proven to […]
The difference between Logical Tables, Logical Table Sources (LTS) and the physical tables that compose a Logical Table Source, here are some basic guidelines that have helped me get this concept to seat more clearly in my mind.
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