OBIEE 12c: Migration From 11g To 12c Failed With NullPointerException (Doc ID 2256509.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

 Migration from 11g to 12c (From 11.1.1.7.150120 To 12.2.1.1.0) executed with the steps below.

1. Generate the BI Migration Tool jar in 12c environment:

The migration failed in step 3 and the following error occured.

2017-01-17 16:50:08 SEVERE Unexpected error during import: NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.bi.cam.obis.migration.ObisPlugin.migrateConfigFrom11gTo12c(ObisPlugin.java:430)
at oracle.bi.cam.obis.migration.ObisPlugin.importData(ObisPlugin.java:534)
at oracle.bi.migration.security.ImporterPluginJail$3.run(ImporterPluginJail.java:78)
at oracle.bi.migration.security.ImporterPluginJail$3.run(ImporterPluginJail.java:75)
at oracle.bi.migration.security.MigrationToolSecurityManager.withinPluginContext(MigrationToolSecurityManager.java:128)
at oracle.bi.migration.security.ImporterPluginJail.importData(ImporterPluginJail.java:70)
at oracle.bi.migration.api.adaptor.importer.V1ImporterPluginAdaptor.importData(V1ImporterPluginAdaptor.java:50)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.BundleImporter_.doPluginImport(BundleImporter_.java:239)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.BundleImporter_.runImport(BundleImporter_.java:210)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.actionspecification.ImportAction.performAction(ImportAction.java:231)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.MigrationActionExecutor$1.run(MigrationActionExecutor.java:32)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.MigrationActionExecutor.executeMigrationAction(MigrationActionExecutor.java:52)
at oracle.bi.migration.orchestration.MigrationConductor.performMigrationAction(MigrationConductor.java:120)
at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationTool.go(MigrationTool.java:195)
at oracle.bi.migration.tool.MigrationTool.main(MigrationTool.java:251)

Cause

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