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OBIEEAdministrationToolImportMetadatashowsnoschemas
May24th,2012byRobinMoffatt

ImportingMetadatawiththeAdministrationTool
TheclientonlyinstalloftheOBIEE11gAdministrationToolisinstalledwithasetofOCIlibraries.Thismeansthatitcan
supportbasicOracleDatabaseinteraction,withouttheneedforafullOracleClientinstallationonthemachine.Forexample,
youcanupdaterowcountsinthePhysicallayeroftheRPDoftablesthatareonOracle.
Unfortunately,thesuppliedOCIlibrariesarenotcomplete,whichleadstoarathertrickyproblemtodiagnose.Whenyouuse
theImportMetadataoperation(eitherfromtheFilemenu,orcontextmenuonanexistingConnectionPool),thestep
(SelectMetadataobjects)whichoughttoshowtheschemasjustshowsastub,andnoschemas.

NoerrorisshownbytheAdministrationTool,givingtheerroneousimpressionthattherejustarentanyschemasinthe
database.

MissingOCIlibrary
TheAdministrationToolwritesalog,whichbydefaultisinthefollowingratherlongpath:C:\ProgramFiles\Oracle
BusinessIntelligenceEnterpriseEditionPlus
Client\oraclebi\orainst\diagnostics\logs\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication\Administrator_NQSAdminTool.log
Ifyouexaminethelog,youllseethiserror:

?
[20111216T15:10:12.000+00:00][OracleBIServerComponent][ERROR:1][][][ecid:][tid:8b4][nQ
.
Thespecifiedmodulecouldnotbefound.

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ThekeybitinthisisCannotloadlibrary,oracore11.dll.Thisisthelibrarywhichismissingandonwhichthereisa
dependency.ThelibraryisntprovidedbyInstantClient,soyoumustinstallthefullOracleClient.

InstallingtheOracleClient
DownloadtheOracleClientfromtheOracleWebsite.Thelinkiscurrentlythis,butmaychange.InthisinstanceI
downloadedOracleDatabase11gRelease2Client(11.2.0.1.0)forMicrosoftWindows(32bit)(all600MB+ofit).

Unziptheinstallerandrunsetup.exe.Ifyouwantasminimalaninstallationaspossible,thenselectthecustominstallation,
andchoosejusttheOracleCallInterface(OCI)option.

OnceyouveinstalledtheFullClient,restarttheAdminToolandtheImportMetadatafunctionwillnowwork.

Footnotetnsnames.ora
DontforgetthatifyoudontinstallthefullOracleClientandusetheOCIfunctionalityprovidedbytheOBIEEinstallation
alone,youwillneedtoconfigureyourtnsnames.orafileinC:\ProgramFiles\OracleBusinessIntelligenceEnterprise
EditionPlusClient\oraclebi\orahome\network\admin\tnsnames.ora.TheexceptionisifyouareusingEasyConnect
DSNs(dbserver:port/sid)inyourRPDratherthanTNSentries(orcletc)

Footnotetroubleshootinglibraryissues
MicrosoftsSysInternalssuiteincludestheprogramProcMon.Youcanpointthisatarunningprocessandseewhatitsup
tointermsoffileaccess,DLLs,andnetworking.Itisgreatfordetectingthingslike:
Whichfilesaprocesswritesto(egwhereisauserpreferencestored)
CheckwhichPATHsarebeingsearchedforanexecutable/library
Whichtnsnames.oraisbeingpickedup
Whatnetworkconnectionsarebeingmade,orfailing
Registrykeyaccess
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WhenyourunProcMonyoullrealisehowmuchisgoingoninthebackgroundofyourWindowsmachinetherellbe
screenfuluponscreenfulofoutput.Tofocusonthetargetofyouranalysis,usetheIncludeProcessoptiontojustshow
AdminTool.exe:

Youcanthenseethingslikeitsearchingfortheoracore11.dllwhichitismissing:

Thenextentryshowsthelogfilebeingupdated,givingyouthepathifyoudidntknowitalready:

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1. ManishSays:
May25th,2012at5:13pm
Thanksforthisinfo.Iamfacingadifferentissue.InOfflinemode,myOCIconnectionpoolconnectsjustfinei.e.
Importmetadatashowsthedatabaseobjects.AssoonasIdeploytheRPD,inonlinemode,ImportMetadata
immediatelygivesanerrorTheconnectionhasfailed.
Anyideawhythisisthecase?IamusingtheOracleVMforSampleAppforOBIEE11.1.1.5.
Thanks,
Manish
2. RobinMoffattSays:
May25th,2012at5:48pm
@Manish,ChecktheAdminServer.logthatImentioninthepost,toseewhattheerrordetailis.
3. SomnathSays:
February1st,2013at8:29am
IfanyonehasOracle10gClientandfacingthisissuethenyoucanfollowthebelowstepstoresolve.
Goto%ORACLE_HOME%\BIN
CopyORACORE10.dllinthesamelocation
RemaneittoORACORE10.dll
Makesure%ORACLE_HOME%\BINisaddedtoyourPATHvariable.
RestartAdminTool.
Thishasresolvedtheprobleminmanyofourmachines.
Regards,
Somnath
4. SomnathSays:
February1st,2013at8:30am
Thereisasmalltypoinmylastcomment.Linenumber3.ItshouldbeRemaneittoORACORE11.dllandnot
RemaneittoORACORE10.dll
5. KrishSays:
February1st,2013at8:27pm
Niceitsolvedmyissuewithtool
6. AshokSays:
April17th,2013at7:40am
Thanksalotsomntath.Itsworked.
Ashok
7. JustinSays:
April30th,2013at11:35pm
Afterfollowingthestepsinthearticle,Istillcannotresolvethisissue.FromProcessMonitoritappearsthat
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oracore11.dllisnotevensearchedfor.NomatterwhereIplacethefileorhowmanytimesIinstalltheOracleClientI
stillgettheerrorintheNQSAdminToollogthatthelibrarycannotbefound.ButIdontseeitbeingsearchedforin
ProcessMonitor.Idoseeabunchofdllsgettingloaded,suchasoraociei11.dllandoci.dll.Iseemytnsnamesfile
gettingloadedaswell.Anyonehaveanysuggestions?AretherecertainversionsoftheOBIEEAdmintoolthatare
buggy?
8. JamesO.Says:
May16th,2013at10:14pm
Iknowthisisanoldthreadbutwewerehavingthisissuein11.1.1.6.8onaWindowsServer2008R2box.Problem
endedupbeingthecompatibilityofthe32bitdriversweareusingthe32bit11gR2clientdriverandtherefore
neededtousethe32bitAdminToolinstall,notthe64bitone.
Hopethathelpssomeone
9. GustavoSays:
July2nd,2013at4:03pm
Yes,32bitbieeclientworksfine.
Thanksforyourhelp.
BestRegards,
Gustavo
10. SomnathDeSays:
July8th,2013at9:51am
IjustcopytheORACORE10.DLLandrenamethecopyasORACORE11.DLLtoresolvetheissue.Butmyquestion
whyOraclehashardcodedthenameofthelibraryfile.AsthedriverweareselectingisOracle10g/11gsoitcanbe
eitherORACORE10.DLLorORACORE11.DLL.Thisshouldbehandledinthetoolscode.
11. FFMSays:
August22nd,2013at11:39pm
Thankyousomuch.Thatworkedforme.Themissinglibrarywastheproblem.
12. JeroenKloostermanSays:
September26th,2013at3:50pm
Althoughnotofficiallysupportedyet,Iamrunningwitha12cdatabaseclient.Imean,theAdminToolconnectstothe
targetdatabaseusinganOracle12cdatabaseclientinstallation.Thelibrarythereiscalledoracore12.dll.Aftercopying
thattooracore11.dllthemetainformationofthetablesisshownintheAdminTool.

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