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"ODI-40447: This type is not valid datatype" Error Received After Manually Defining CLOB Datatype under ODI FILE Technology (Doc ID 2437965.1)

Last updated on JULY 26, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Data Integrator - Version 11.1.1.3.0 and later
Oracle Data Integrator Cloud Service - Version 17.1.3 and later
Oracle Data Integrator on Marketplace - Version 1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

An Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 12c Mapping or ODI 11g Integration Interface, has been configured in ODI Studio in order to transfer data from a source text file to a target Oracle table where there is a requirement to convert one of the source text file columns to a CLOB datatype.

Per Document 424012.1, a CLOB datatype has been manually defined under the File Technology in ODI Studio.

However, when attempting to run the mapping mentioned above, the following error stack is received:

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Cause

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