Repository Browser is a J2EE web software interface that permit you to:
The application owbb.war is located in this directory Owb_Home\10203\owb\j2ee
To be able to connect to the Web repository Browser, you must have the ACCESS_PUBLICVIEW_BROWSER privileges.
Don't forget to save the repository. A click on the OK button is not enough.
You must first:
The first time you invoke this listener, select and re-confirm a password for an oc4jadmin account. The next time, it would not be necessary.
owb_home\owb\bin\win32\startOwbbInst.bat | start the OWB browser listener |
owb_home\owb\bin\win32\stopOwbbInst.bat | stop the OWB browser listener (password was given during the process start) |
owb_home\owb\bin\win32\openDB.bat | start the Web Repository Browser |
You can launch them from the start menu.
You can call it of through the short-cut menu or directly on this URL:
By default, OWB add to the URL the default value connections such as host, port and service with the help of this URL parameters:
def_host=owb.gerardnico.local&def_port=1521&def_service=orcl
but they are filled in with a NULL value if you have choose the TNS method during your connection to OWB as you can see in the session properties
You can call it from the contextual menu. Example with a table.
It seems that the port is located in the file owb-home/j2ee/config/http-web-site.xml. See attribute: port
When you try to connect, you can have this message: Not a valid Warehouse Builder Control Center. This is a standard message. To resolve it: