Essbase 21.3 Marketplace/ On-premise: Dbxtool Export.bat Fails When Running 'Parent-child' Build (Doc ID 2903481.1)

Last updated on MARCH 09, 2023

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Symptoms

When exporting an ASO application using the "11g Export Utility (dbxtool/ export.bat/.sh) it fails when using parent-child build. 'Generation' build runs successfully against the same cube.

Command:
dbxtool\bin>export.bat -application <application name> -cube <database name> -path c:\Essbase21c\dbxtool -server <server name> -user <user name> -password <password> -data -build parent-child

dbxtool\bin>export.bat -application <application name> -cube <database name> -path c:\Essbase21c\dbxtool -server <server name> -user <user name> -password <password> -data -build parent-child
Exporting.....
***** INFO: Data will be saved in a compressed file and not included in the exported Excel file. *****
Exporting outline...
Jan 07, 2022 1:10:46 PM oracle.essbase.platform.util.PlatformLogger info
INFO: Exporting outline with Application Name "<application name>" and Cube Name "<database name>"
Jan 07, 2022 1:10:54 PM oracle.essbase.platform.util.PlatformLogger info
INFO: Outline exported to XML at "c:\Essbase21c\dbxtool\<application name>_<database name>_<ID>.xml";
Jan 07, 2022 1:10:54 PM oracle.essbase.platform.util.PlatformLogger info
INFO: Streaming outline XML.
Jan 07, 2022 1:10:54 PM oracle.essbase.platform.util.PlatformLogger info
INFO: Exporting application sheet.
ERROR StatusLogger Log4j2 could not find a logging implementation. Please add log4j-core to the classpath. Using SimpleLogger to log to the console...
Jan 07, 2022 1:10:54 PM oracle.essbase.platform.util.PlatformLogger info
INFO: Exporting dimension "<dimension name>".
Jan 07, 2022 1:10:55 PM oracle.essbase.platform.util.PlatformLogger logException
SEVERE: null
Encountered errors while executing command
java.lang.NullPointerException

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