Release Notes for Oracle Data Integrator
12c (12.1.2)
E48737-01
September 2013
This document describes known issues associated with Oracle Data Integrator and includes information regarding post-installation patches. It includes the following sections:
Section 1, "Oracle Data Integrator Console Issues and Workarounds"
Section 4, "Technologies and Knowledge Module Issues and Workarounds"
Section 5, "Post-install Patch Information for Oracle Data Integrator 12c"
This section contains information on the following:
When a tab containing a page is closed in Oracle Data Integrator Console, all the tabs after this one reset their task flows (the navigation actions that were made). The pages in these tabs reset to the original object that was opened. [9486792]
This section contains information on the following issues:
Section 2.1, "Agent Startup Fails if Default Database is Not Assigned for Microsoft SQL Server"
Section 2.3, "Collocated ODI Agent is Not Displayed in Oracle Enterprise Manager FMW Control"
Section 2.4, "WebLogic Managed Standalone Agent Target is Not Displayed"
Section 2.5, "Keys Generated Using Java 7 Cannot Be Used in WebLogic Server 10.3.x"
Section 2.6, "Load Plans with Many Parallel Steps Run Out of Available Database Connections"
Section 2.7, "Test Connection Fails While Creating Standalone Agent with Third Party Databases"
A default database must be assigned to successfully complete the Standalone Agent startup with Microsoft SQL server. Execute the following MSSQL statement to make this assignment: [10398864]
ALTER LOGIN <SQLLogin> WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE = <AvailDBName>
When attaching a Work Repository to the Master Repository in the GUID format, the following error appears if the Overwrite option is not checked:
ODI-3022:Attaching of Work Repository failed due to error: ODI-10228:Repository with id '2' or with name 'xxxx' has been already used in your master repository.
As a workaround, export the Work Repository to file, create an empty Work Repository, and reimport the previously exported Work Repository to the new Work Repository. [16730820]
Status and data are not displayed in the Agent Home Page for WebLogic Managed (Collocated) Standalone Agents in the ODI FMW Control UI. To resolve this issue, configure the domain to include the Standalone Agent and manually update the MASTER_REPO_TIMESTAMP attribute with the correct Master Repository ID (TimeStamp) in the following file, and then start Node Manager: [16846706]
<MW_HOME>/user_projects/domains/WLS_ODI/config/fmwconfig/components/ODI/<component_ name>/instance.properties
In Fusion Middleware Control, when the ODI Console Application, ODI Standalone Agent, and Master Repository configuration pages are edited and saved from the WebLogic Managed Standalone Agent Home page, the WebLogic Managed Standalone Agent target is no longer displayed in the UI. [17433189]
For starting a standalone or collocated agent or a WebLogic Server 12c agent in SSL mode, the organization and domain-specific keys must be added to the keystore. Any client that needs to trust this certificate must import the keytool into its keystore or truststore. If the client is WebLogic Server 10.3.x running on Java 6 and the keytool from Java 7 was used to generate the original keys, the WebLogic Server 10.3.x domain startup displays an error. [17246041]
As a workaround, you can:
Use the keytool from Java 6 to generate the keypair, export it and import it into the Java 7 keystore
With the Java 7 keytool use the syntax, keytool -genkey -alias agent -keyalg RSA -keysize 1024 -sigalg SHA1withRSA
Load plans with many parallel steps might run out of available database connections, as every parallel step consumes an extra connection. This can be controlled by limiting the 'maximum number of sessions' in the Agent configuration. [17321831]
When using ODI 12.1.2 Standalone Installation, while creating an ODI Standalone Agent using a repository created with third-party databases (for example, SqlServer or DB2) using the Configuration Wizard, the "Test Connection" function fails. [17484650]
As a workaround:
When the JDBC Test step fails, click Next. A Warning message is shown. Click OK to dismiss the message.
Proceed through the remaining steps to create the Standalone Agent using the Configuration Wizard.
Navigate to the directory <Standalone domain>/config/jdbc and update the <url> entry in the file jdbc_odiMasterRepository-jdbc.xml as follows:
Before:
<url>jdbc:weblogic:sqlserver://<host>:<port></url>
After:
<url>jdbc:weblogic:sqlserver://<host>:<port>;DatabaseName=<dbname></url>
This section contains information on the following issues:
Section 3.1, "Unable to Modify a Non-compliant Wallet Password"
Section 3.2, "Mapping Editor Display is Not Arranged Properly when Many Connectors Exist"
Section 3.3, "Session Variable is Not Displayed in the Session Variables Node"
Section 3.5, "Sequence Expression in Aggregate Component Causes Invalid SQL"
Section 3.6, "Operator Tree Shows Sessions Using the Name of the Deployment Specification"
Section 3.8, "Groovy Script Editor is Unable to Find JDBC Drivers in the User Classpath"
Section 3.9, "Unable to Invoke HTTPS-based Web Services Through the ODI Studio Internal Agent"
Section 3.11, "Task to Deploy ODI Data Services Fails when Executed on a Standalone Agent"
Section 3.14, "Markers Tab is Missing in Model Folder Editor"
When creating a new ODI Studio UI login, if a non-compliant Wallet Password is entered in the New Wallet Password dialog box, it cannot be modified during the next attempt. Clicking Cancel in the New Wallet Password dialog box results in losing the other information added during the login process.As a workaround, set the LANG and LC_ALL environment variables to en_US and start ODI Studio. [15981498]
When a mapping contains many datasets and within the datasets there are many joins, the connector lines and join boxes are not always aligned in an orderly fashion in the Logical view of the Mapping Editor. As a workaround, perform a manual Auto Arrange to clean the display. [16091738]
Tracked variables are not displayed in the Variables node in the Session List in the Operator Navigator. However, the variables can be viewed in the Variable and Sequence Values section of the Session Step or Session Task Editor. [16876559]
When using the 11g backward-compatible SDK in 12c, a persisting mapping or model does not implicitly persist parent folders and projects as it did in 11g.
As a workaround, change the client code to explicitly call SDK methods to persist projects and parent folders. [17324878]
When using a sequence as a mapping expression in an aggregate component, the mapping fails to execute; for example, Oracle displays the following error:
ORA-02287: sequence number not allowed here
As a workaround, insert the sequence value in a separate component prior to the aggregate and map it into the aggregate. [17302457]
When different mappings that have deployment specifications with the same name are run, the Operator Tree cannot distinguish between the mappings and they are all grouped under the same deployment specification.
As a workaround, rename deployment specifications to have unique and recognizable names. [17332286]
After materializing a shortcut for a datastore, open mappings using this datastore fail while saving and the following error is displayed:
ODI-26182: Object was modified by another user and cannot be saved.
As a workaround, close and reopen the mapping and repeat changes. [17337669]
A Groovy script, depending on external JDBC drivers, may fail with a ClassNotFoundException as the JDBC drivers in the user classpath are not found.
As a workaround, edit odi.conf and add the JDBC driver jar using AddJavaLibFile. For example, AddJavaLibFile./mysql-connector-java-5.1.26-bin.jar. [17361339]
The OdiInvokeWebService tool is unable to call HTTPS-based web services if run through the ODI Studio internal agent.
As a workaround, configure an external agent to perform the execution. [17383460]
A mapping upgraded from 11g fails in the following circumstances:
When the mapping uses a multi-connect LKM and has joins or filters in the staging area
When the mapping is upgraded with 11g compatibility switched on and is then converted to a 12c mapping in ODI Studio
As a workaround, select a different LKM after conversion. [17423481]
When generating and deploying ODI data services using a Groovy task in a procedure, the code executes properly in ODI Studio and JEE Agent, but fails on the Standalone Agent.
As a workaround, use JEE Agent to deploy data services programmatically. [17433711]
Null passwords are no longer accepted and an error is displayed if a user is created with a null password. However, the Password Policy dialog box in the Security Navigator allows the creation of a policy that enables the use of null passwords. [17432585]
The Print Mappings/Reusable Mappings command in the Designer Navigator in ODI Studio throws a Null Pointer Exception if the file path of the report PDF file is not an absolute path to a valid location. As a workaround, provide a valid file path. [17452349]
The Markers tab is missing in the Model Folder Editor. It is still possible to set markers through the context-menu of the model folder in the Designer Navigator tree. [17307493]
This section contains information on the following issues:
Section 4.1, "IKM SQL Incremental Update (Row by Row) Cannot Target Japanese Tables"
Section 4.2, "Non-ASCII Data in an Exception Thrown by a Jython Script is Incorrectly Converted"
Section 4.4, "LKM SQL to SQL (Built-in) Creates Indexes in the Wrong Phase"
Section 4.7, "IKM SQL Incremental Update (Row by Row) Fails with Single Backslashes in File Path"
Section 4.8, "LKM File to SQL Fails if File-based Datastore is Nested in Reusable Mapping"
Section 4.9, "Change Data Capture for Oracle GoldenGate in Online Mode Fails in Mappings"
"IKM SQL Incremental Update (Row by Row)" fails on task Flag rows for update if the target table name contains Japanese characters. In the generated code, the integration table name appears as I$_?????? where ? characters replace Japanese characters.
As a workaround, replace this IKM with another IKM suitable for the technology. For example, "IKM Oracle Incremental Update" for Oracle. [7602615]
When an exception thrown by a Jython script contains Non-ASCII data, the Non-ASCII data might be replaced with ???. However, this does not mean that business data is affected, and more information can be obtained in the exception stack. [15846609]
When IKM File to File (Java) is used with JAVA_HOME specified in KM options, it fails in execution.
As a workaround, set JAVA_HOME on the system level instead of in KM options. [17410568]
"LKM SQL to SQL (Built-in)" creates temporary indexes in the wrong phase resulting in poor performance.
As a workaround, use other LKMs such as "LKM SQL to SQL." [17430884]
When mapping CLOB columns to a Microsoft SQL Server target with "IKM MSSQL", the Incremental Update fails with the following error message:
ODI-1228: Task IKM MSSQL Incremental Update (Flag useless rows) fails on the target MICROSOFT_ SQL_SERVER connection SVR2_MSSQL. Caused By: java.sql.SQLException: [FMWGEN][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]The data types text and text are incompatible in the equalto operator.
[17431274]
As a workaround, you can:
Add a new data type VARCHAR(MAX) to Microsoft SQL Server:
Navigate to Topology > Physical Architecture > Technologies > Microsoft SQL Server, right-click Datatypes and select New Datatype.
In the <NewObject> dialog box, enter varchar(max) in the Name field, VARCHAR(MAX) in the Code and Reserved Code fields, create table syntax and writable datatype syntax, and enter V in the letter used in the icon field.
Click Save.
Map Generic SQL.CLOB to Microsoft SQL Server.varchar(max).
Navigate to Topology > Logical Architecture > Technologies > Generic SQL, open the CLOB datatype, switch to the Converted To tab and change it to varchar(max) for Microsoft SQL Server.
Click Save.
In older ODI SAP Adapter versions the extraction programs were executed as RFCs in dialog mode, however, the default execution mode of the latest ODI SAP Adapter has changed to background processing (the default value of LKM option BACKGROUND_PROCESSING is true). In background processing mode the extraction programs are executed as SAP reports and allow a better resource utilization of the SAP systems. Background processing is the recommended execution mode. The dialog mode still works, but has been deprecated.
Any existing scenarios continue to use dialog mode execution until regenerated.
After upgrading the SAP KMs, all ODI SAP mappings execute in background mode. To allow background execution, please review the required SAP authorizations in the following sections:
For information about the SAP privileges required for SAP ABAP BW, see "SAP ABAP BW Required Privileges" in Getting Started with SAP ABAP BW Adapter for Oracle Data Integrator.
For information about the SAP privileges required for SAP ABAP ERP, see "SAP ABAP ERP Required Privileges" in Getting Started with SAP ABAP ERP Adapter for Oracle Data Integrator.
Please note that the authorizations for dialog and background execution mode are different.
If execution has to continue in dialog mode, the LKM option BACKGROUND_PROCESSING should either be set to false in each mapping, or the default value should be changed inside the KM.
If the ODI objects installed in the SAP systems have been installed by RKM SAP ERP v32 or later or RKM SAP BW v23 or later, reinstall the SAP ABAP BW adapter as described in "Update ODI SAP Components," and reinstall the SAP ABAP ERP adapter as described in "Update ODI SAP Components," in the Application Adapters Guide for Oracle Data Integrator. Note that the adapters from the SAP system need not be uninstalled first. If the ODI objects are installed using RKM SAP ERP or RKM SAP BW versions older than v32, perform the following steps:
Uninstall SAP ABAP BW adapter as described in "Uninstalling ODI SAP Components," and uninstall the SAP ABAP ERP adapter as described in "Uninstalling ODI SAP Components," in the Application Adapters Guide for Oracle Data Integrator.
For SAP package names and function group names (KM options SAP_FUNCTION_GOUP_ODI_[DEV|PROD] and SAP_PACKAGE_NAME_ODI_[DEV|PROD]), review "SAP Packages and SAP Function Groups" for SAP ABAP BW and "SAP Packages and SAP Function Groups" for SAP ABAP ERP in the Application Adapters Guide for Oracle Data Integrator.
Reinstall SAP ABAP BW adapter as described in "Update ODI SAP Components," and reinstall SAP ABAP ERP adapter as described in "Update ODI SAP Components," in the Application Adapters Guide for Oracle Data Integrator.
The latest ODI SAP adapters support the cancelling of long running jobs in SAP. To enable the "Stop-immediate" functionality in ODI Operator, the OpenTool class must be changed from oracle.odi.sap.km._OdiSapAbapExecute to oracle.odi.sap.km._OdiSapAbapExecuteStoppable. See "Adding the Open Tool" for SAP ABAP BW and "Adding the Open Tool" for SAP ABAP ERP in the Application Adapters Guide for Oracle Data Integrator. [16552272]
"IKM SQL Incremental Update (Row by Row)" fails if the KM option LOG_FILE_NAME is set to a Windows path containing backslashes, for example LOG_FILE_NAME=C:\user\joe\odi_load.log. This worked in 11g releases.
As a workaround, use a double backslash in the path, for example C:\\user\\joe\\odi_load.log. [13354200]
A mapping using "LKM File to SQL" with a file-based datastore nested in a reusable mapping fails with the following exception:
ODI-1227: Task LKM File to SQL (Load data) fails on the source FILE connection XXXXX. Caused By: java.sql.SQLException: ODI-40444: Column not found: YYYYY
As a workaround, avoid using a file datastore component within a reusable mapping or move the output signature component from the source execution unit to the staging execution unit. [17466378]
Oracle GoldenGate Change Data Capture (CDC) in online mode will fail if the initial load process is not selected in the model. Even though initial load is not applicable for Oracle GoldenGate in online mode, you will not be able to use the datastore from the model in a mapping. This will not impact the Start Journal function or any CDC action from within the model. However, when these datastores are used in a mapping with CDC, the mapping will fail. [17508179]
As a workaround, you can select initial load processes in the model. Even though initial load processes are selected in the Model editor, initial load will still be disabled as the option to enable it exists in the JKM option. Perform the following steps to enable CDC:
Open the Model for which the CDC is enabled.
Select the Journalizing tab.
Click the Create button for Initial Load Capture Process and specify placeholder values for Process and Logical Process Name. There should not be any process by the same name already defined in the Topology Navigator for the Oracle GoldenGate technology, but otherwise you can use any value.
Click OK to create the capture process instance.
Click the Create button for Initial Load Delivery Process and specify placeholder values for Process Name and Logical Process Name. The same restriction for the initial load capture process name applies.
Select the same Target DB Logical schema used for the actual capture process instance.
Click OK to create the delivery process instance.
Confirm that the JKM option USE_OGG_FOR_INIT is set to false.
You can now use the datastore from the model in mappings with CDC.
It is strongly recommended that the following patches be applied after the installation of Oracle Data Integrator. These patches are available through My Oracle Support (http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info), and are also distributed in the Oracle Data Integrator download file as odi_1212_opatch.zip.
| Patch Number | Bugs | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
17469061 |
17350025, 17349908, 17073913, 17451669 |
TRACKING BUG FOR FMW UPGRADE CUMULATIVE BACKPORTS TO 12.1.2.0.0 (Patch) |
|
17170540 |
17170540 |
ODI T2P FAILS IN FMW WITH -OPSSDATAEXPORT=TRUE |
|
16926420 |
16926420 |
NPE USING XDK WITH SUN SAAJ CLASSES; FDOMDOCUMENTBUILDER CONSTRUCTOR IS BROKEN While applying this patch, see: Section 5.1, "Error When Applying Patch 16926420 Can Be Ignored." |
While applying the ODI 12.1.2 recommended patch number 16926420 (odi_1212_opatch.zip) to the ODI 12.1.2 Enterprise Installation Oracle Home, you may see the following error message:
Error: There is an error with library regeneration, please refer to the log file for details. OPatch will continue applying the patch.
You can ignore this error. The patch is correctly applied.
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