Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in Oracle Real-Time Decisions, Version 3.0.0.1

1 How to Use These Release Notes

2 Upgrade Issues

• 2.1 Upgrading to Oracle RTD Version 3.0 from Previous Releases
  • 2.1.1 Considerations for Upgrading Inline Services with Custom Java Code
  • 2.1.2 File sdclient.jar Renamed to rtd-ds-client.jar
  • 2.1.3 During Server Start-up, Error Loading Upgrade of Previously Deployed Inline Services
  • 2.1.4 In Decision Studio, Build Errors in Inline Service Projects Upgraded from Previous Versioned Workspace
  • 2.1.5 Build Errors in Decision Studio Due to Incorrect Compiler Compliance Level
• 2.2 Upgrading from Oracle RTD Version 3.0 to Oracle RTD Version 3.0.0.1
  • 2.2.1 Shutting Down Oracle RTD Version 3.0
  • 2.2.2 Performing a Backup of Existing Data and Configuration Files
    • 2.2.2.1 Standalone OC4J and Oracle Application Server Files
    • 2.2.2.2 JBoss Files
    • 2.2.2.3 WebLogic Files
    • 2.2.2.4 WebSphere Files
  • 2.2.3 Unpacking Oracle RTD Version 3.0.0.1
  • 2.2.4 Upgrading the Oracle RTD Decision Studio Workplace
  • 2.2.5 Upgrading the Oracle RTD Database
  • 2.2.6 Deploying Oracle RTD Version 3.0.0.1 and Restoring Custom Server Settings
  • 2.2.7 Recompiling and Redeploying the Inline Services

3 General Issues and Workarounds

• 3.1 Certification Information
• 3.2 Installation Issues
  • 3.2.1 "Missing SDDS" Errors Can be Ignored During Deployment of Oracle RTD in OC4J when SDDS is an Oracle Database
  • 3.2.2 Client Examples Available Only in Windows Installation .Zip Files, Not .CPIO
• 3.3 General Issues
  • 3.3.1 Decisions May Not Contain Expected Performance Goals References
  • 3.3.2 Operating System File Permissions
    • 3.3.2.1 User/Owner File Permissions
    • 3.3.2.2 Group File Permissions
    • 3.3.2.3 Other File Permissions
  • 3.3.3 Save Choice IDs in Inline Services Rather Than Choices
  • 3.3.4 Ensuring Unique Batch Names Across a Cluster
  • 3.3.5 Transient Likelihood Problems
  • 3.3.6 Delayed Learning Not Functioning
  • 3.3.7 Negative Choice and Choice Group Scores Cause Runtime Errors
  • 3.3.8 Model APIs Not Working Correctly With Only One Positive Event
  • 3.3.9 Model Quality APIs Do Not Support Partitions
  • 3.3.10 Model Snapshot Values for Correlation and Predictiveness Incorrect for Completed Time Windows

4 Configuration Issues

• 4.1 Oracle RTD Application Must be Deployed Within its Own Managed Server Instance
• 4.2 Known Issue with Oracle JDBC Driver Packaged with Oracle RTD 3.0
• 4.3 Decision Service Only Accepts Requests from the Local Host by Default
• 4.4 Communication Between Multiple Real-Time Decision Servers Is Restricted by Default
• 4.5 Import Database Table Box Returns All Tables from All Catalogs for an Oracle BI EE Data Source
• 4.6 Issue with Some Versions of Sun Java 1.5 on OC4J

5 Administration Issues

• 5.1 Warning Messages upon Start-up of Oracle RTD 3.0 Batch Console
• 5.2 "Failed to Save Study" Error Messages when Stopping Oracle RTD Server in OC4J / Oracle Application Server
• 5.3 Must Restart OC4J When Database Server Restarts

6 Integration Issues

• 6.1 Oracle RTD Smart Client Does Not Work With Sun Stax Parser in Java 6

7 Oracle RTD Decision Studio Issues

• 7.1 Deploying an Inline Service from Decision Studio Causes a Null Pointer Exception in the WebLogic Log
• 7.2 Explicitly Defining Partitioning Attribute Values Causes Subsequent Decision Center Report Errors
• 7.3 Mapping Array Attributes in a Multi-Level Entity Hierarchy
• 7.4 Terminate Active Sessions in Cluster Works Only on Decision Server Receiving Deployment Request
• 7.5 Can Only Use String Datatype for Type Restrictions using List Of Values

8 Oracle RTD Decision Center Issues

• 8.1 Multiple Rows Appearing for Some Reports Based on Partitioned Model Data
• 8.2 Choice Group Performance Count Rollup Reports Not Available for Dynamic Choice Folder Names

9 Externalized Objects Management Issues

• 9.1 Known Issues with External Rules
• 9.2 Unable to Render Long Rules for Editing in DC_Demo External Rules Helper

10 Globalization Issues

• 10.1 Oracle RTD User Interfaces Only Available in English

11 Documentation Errata

• 11.1 Oracle RTD Documentation Does Not Provide Information About Setting Up JConsole for SSL