ODI 11g to 12c Upgrade Assistant Error "ODI-14098 Error while Importing Technology Seed Data java.lang.NullPointerException" (Doc ID 2390727.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 04, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

While using the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 11g to ODI 12c, the following error may occur when the ODI repository contains a customized out-of-the-box technology:

... [odi] [ERROR] [ODI-14098] [oracle.odi.setup] Error While Importing Technology Seed Data java.lang.NullPointerException
... [odi] [ERROR] [oracle.odi.core.persistence] java.lang.RuntimeException: oracle.odi.impexp.OdiImportGenericException: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at oracle.odi.setup.RepositoryUpgradeServiceImpl$1.doInTransaction(RepositoryUpgradeServiceImpl.java:474)
   at oracle.odi.core.persistence.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:100)
   at oracle.odi.setup.RepositoryUpgradeServiceImpl.upgradeRepositories(RepositoryUpgradeServiceImpl.java:466)
   ...
Caused by: oracle.odi.impexp.OdiImportGenericException: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at oracle.odi.impexp.support.ImportServiceImpl.reimportTopologyReferenceData(ImportServiceImpl.java:2185)
   at oracle.odi.setup.RepositoryUpgradeServiceImpl$1.doInTransaction(RepositoryUpgradeServiceImpl.java:471)
   ...
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at com.sunopsis.dwg.DwgDuplicationTools.processGlobalIdBatchQuery(DwgDuplicationTools.java:2610)
   at com.sunopsis.dwg.DwgDuplicationTools.batchCheckGlobalIdsInRepository(DwgDuplicationTools.java:2700)
   at com.sunopsis.dwg.DwgDuplicationTools.importOtherObjects(DwgDuplicationTools.java:4617)
   ...

For example, the technology could have custom indexes added.

Cause

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