After completing a client-only installation of the Oracle BI (OBIEE) tools on a 64-bit Windows 7 computer, people frequently report getting a “Configuration Error” dialog box every time they launch the Administration Tool.
This is what the dialog box looks like:
Hitting OK just closes the tool. There are no log files. You appear to be stuck.
Here is how you can resolve the problem:
Go to the
C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client\oraclebi\orahome\bifoundation\server\bin |
directory.
Look for the bi_init.bat file. This is the file that is executed when you run the Administration Tool.
Make a copy (just in case!)
Open the bi_init.bat file Properties, go to the Security tab, and hit Edit. You want to give yourself Modify permissions to the file and hit OK.
Edit the bi_init.bat file.
Look for the line that begins “set ORACLE_INSTANCE=”
The issue is that the Administration Tool is looking for the directory
%ORACLE_INSTANCE%\bifoundation\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication\repository |
Even though by default ORACLE_INSTANCE is set to
C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client\oraclebi\orainst |
and there is a
C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client\oraclebi\orainst\bifoundation\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication\repository |
directory created by default, the tool still complains. If you create the directory anyplace else, it’s fine. So we’ll do that.
Comment-out the set ORACLE_INSTANCE line by changing it to:
rem set ORACLE_INSTANCE=C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client\oraclebi\orainst |
That will by default change the ORACLE_INSTANCE value to
C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Temp\oracle\instance |
and the system already has the full path you need except for the very last directory!
Go to
C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Temp\oracle\instance\bifoundation\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication |
and create a “repository” directory there. You may need to change your Folder Options (under the Organize menu) to “Show hidden files, folders, and drives” to see the AppData directory under your user-specific directory.
That will eliminate the “Configuration Error” dialog, and the Administration Tool will run without a complaint. In fact, the tool will open the directory
C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Temp\oracle\instance\bifoundation\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication\repository |
by default when you try to open an .rpd file.
2 Comments on “Fixing the Configuration Error in the Oracle BI (OBIEE) Administration Tool on 64-bit Windows 7”
I followed your steps but got more troubles – for some reason in my case, the instance folder in user docs does not have all the required config files such as database defaults features.
After hours of struggling, I left the original line in biinit, but I granted full access permissions to all user groups for all folders underneath
C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client
And this worked great! So the only thing you need to do is to change permissions and you are done.
or you can just “run as administrator” and it works fine.