OBIEE 12c: Queries Fail With '[nQSError: 46168] Operation RawFile::checkSoftLimit failed..'

(Doc ID 2368197.1)

Last updated on MARCH 01, 2018

Applies to:

Business Intelligence Server Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.1.2.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

When running specific queries, you may encounter the following error in your obisX-query.log

You may notice this error if you have migrated from 11g to 12c or if you moved from one environment to another (DEV to TEST, etc.) and the configuration is not the same.
You may notice this error when running or exporting extremely large queries

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