Real Scenario Issues in OBIEE for Administrators or Developers

  1- A user generates adhoc analysis report with some columns which have object level security & user do not belong to authorized group. What will happen?
Ans – nQSError – 27005 will occur

    2- How to overcome nQSError – 27005 issue?
Ans – Edit nQSConfig.ini file Security section
Attribute: PROJECT_INACCESSIBLE_COLUMN_AS_NULL = YES;
You will be able to access report, but column with security restriction will appear with no data.

    3- User Report performance & Login slowness concern. What needs to be done?
Ans – Do Configurational Changes (NQSConfig.ini & instanceconfig.xml) to solve the issue.

    4- Users Report Performance Issue with all reports pertaining to specific Subject Area. What needs to be done?
Ans – Update Session & Repository Init Blocks to rectify the issue.

    5- Analytics Application login issue even after all components are up & running fine. What could be issue?
Ans – DB Password of Connection Pool may be changed. Updating them in console will solve the purpose.

    6- Schedular component not coming up of opmn components? What can be the reason?
Ans – Repository schema password might be locked or expired. Enabling the same will solve the purpose.

    7- Graphs & Charts are not working & showing warning in OBIEE?
Ans – Restarting Javahost component will solve the issue if datatype settings are fine.

  8- While Executing report you get View Display Error - Cube Definition is invalid (Measure out of bounds). With Error Codes: GOA4AK7Z.
Ans - Issue due to Pivot Table view having no measure column. Either add measure column to measure segment or add Table View & remove pivot view if no measure column exists. Your issue will be resolved.

  9 - Server component goes down from init state after some time & no information is added in nqserver log ?

Ans - It would be due to huge rpd size which required more time for server component to start. Changing timeout parameters from opmn.xml file will solve the purpose.

 10 - Analytics showing error 404 however all java & opmn components are up. But while checking status from weblogic console, you found bi_server component to be in admin state.

Ans - You need to select bi_server component - goto control tab & apply resume button & select yes when prompted to set bi_server component to running state. Your issue will be solved then.

 11- All java & opmn components are up & running fine, still you see status of all / some components in down status in Enterprise Manager Oracle Fusion Middleware.

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12- User unable to see Some Subject Area Tables or Columns.
Ans- Its Authorization issue. Setting Proper Permission for the object will resolve the issue.

13- Unable to Login to OBIEE Analytics Page, due to Error as : Failure of server APACHE bridge:
No backend server available for connection: timed out after 10 seconds or idempotent set to OFF or method not idempotent. What action is required to resolve it?
Ans- AdminServer or Bi_Server would either be down or in warning ( hung ) state or Health is not ok. Bouncing it will solve the issue.

14- Many times you encounter the error due to connectivity issue with error as below:
[nQSError: 17014] Could not connect to Oracle database. [nQSError: 17001] Oracle Error code: 12154, message: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified.
What needs to be done to resolve this?
Ans- Validate Connection pool credentials, with tnsnames.ora entry & your DB credentials. Make them sync to each other & your issue will resolve.

15- OBIEE Analytics page is working fine. But you cannot login Fusion Middleware OEM & weblogic console. How to resolve such issue?
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16- User Faces Error while executing report modification in analysis as : Exceeded Configured Maximum Number Of Allowed Output Prompts, Prompts, Sections, Rows or Columns Error Codes : IRVLJWTA:OI2DL65P

Ans- You need to update parameter values in instanceconfig.xml file of obiee presentation component for the view type causing issue

17- What happens when you face Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P, while executing results in OBIEE?

Ans- This happens due to datatype mismatch of calculated column used in report wrt column in repository. Make changes to datatype & your issue will be resolved.

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