About
Repository Browser is a J2EE web software interface that permit you to:
- browse the data dictionary (Public View)
- execute some basic administrative tasks
The application owbb.war is located in this directory Owb_Home\10203\owb\j2ee
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How ?
to grant it
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.
to start/stop it
You must first:
- start the listener
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.
to call/launch it
from an URL
You can call it of through the short-cut menu or directly on this URL:
- for the design data dictionary: https://127.0.0.1:8999/owbb/RABLogin.uix?mode=design
- for the runtime data dictionary: https://127.0.0.1:8999/owbb/RABLogin.uix?mode=runtime
from OWB
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
From the OWB Menu
From a Mapping
You can call it from the contextual menu. Example with a table.
Port
It seems that the port is located in the file owb-home/j2ee/config/http-web-site.xml. See attribute: port
Support
Not a valid Warehouse Builder Control Center
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:
- verify that you grant the user to access it and that you saved the repository
- when you use the net service name method, that you have selected the good method.
