EPM System Configurator Startup

Issue: After a successful EPM System installation and configuration, you cannot start EPM System Configurator from the Windows Start menu, and you get this message:

FATAL ERROR: Environment variables check failed with message "Environment variables aren't set correctly"

Solution: Restart the computer.

Issue: Starting EPM System Configurator with a user name other than the one with which EPM System was installed produces this error message:

Inventory existence check failed for EpmSystem_username home was not found

Note:

Oracle recommends starting EPM System Configurator with the same user name with which EPM System was installed.

Solution: Follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to drive:/Program Files/Oracle/Inventory/ContentsXML.

  2. Make a backup copy of inventory.xml and save it with a different file name or location..

  3. Open inventory.xml in a text editor, and search for this line:

    <HOME NAME="EpmSystem_Administrator" LOC="C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1" TYPE="O" IDX="3"

  4. Copy and paste the line so that it occurs twice in the </HOME> section, as follows:

    </HOME>

    <HOME NAME="EpmSystem_Administrator" LOC="C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1" TYPE="O" IDX="3"

    <HOME NAME="EpmSystem_Administrator" LOC="C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1" TYPE="O" IDX="3"

    </HOME_LIST>

  5. Edit the second occurrence of the line as follows, where user name is the user name you want to enable for EPM System Configurator:

    <HOME NAME="EpmSystem_user name" LOC="C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1" TYPE="O" IDX="3" />

    For example, if you edit the line to enable the user name jdsmith to start EPM System Configurator, the </HOME> section is as follows after your edit:

    </HOME>

    <HOME NAME="EpmSystem_Administrator" LOC="C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1" TYPE="O" IDX="3"

    <HOME NAME="EpmSystem_jdsmith" LOC="C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1" TYPE="O" IDX="3" />

    </HOME_LIST>

  6. Save the edited inventory.xml file, and start EPM System Configurator with the newly enabled user name.