ORA-20001: WWV_FLOW_API.ERR_CREATE_USER_GROUPS ORA-20987: APEX - Internal Error

(Doc ID 2344171.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 10, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Application Express (APEX) - Version 5.1.2.00 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When trying to import a Workspace that are import from apex 5.0 and lower version are reporting the below error.

 Execution of the statement was unsuccessful. ORA-20001: WWV_FLOW_API.ERR_CREATE_USER_GROUPS ORA-20987: APEX - Internal Error - Contact your application administrator.

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Export a workspace from apex 5.0.1 or 5.0 version

2. Using the APEX GUI or SQL*Plus try to import this workspace into any APEX 5.1 or higher.

3. You can see the error.

 

 

Cause

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