"ODI-14164: Work repository name must not be null or empty" Error Logging into ODI 12c Studio (Doc ID 2635009.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

While connecting to Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 12c Studio, the following error occurs:

oracle.odi.core.config.IllegalConfigurationArgumentException: ODI-14164: Work repository name must not be null or empty
  at oracle.odi.core.config.WorkRepositoryDbInfo.(WorkRepositoryDbInfo.java:46)
  at oracle.odi.core.config.WorkRepositoryDbInfo.(WorkRepositoryDbInfo.java:41)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.dialog.SnpsDialogLoginDetail.createOdiInstanceConfigFromFields(SnpsDialogLoginDetail.java:1024)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.dialog.SnpsDialogLoginDetail.testConnection(SnpsDialogLoginDetail.java:775)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.dialog.SnpsDialogLoginDetail.access$400(SnpsDialogLoginDetail.java:71)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.dialog.SnpsDialogLoginDetail$2.performAction(SnpsDialogLoginDetail.java:311)
  at oracle.odi.ui.framework.event.OdiActionListener.actionPerformed(OdiActionListener.java:69) 
  at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
  at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
  at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
  at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
  at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
  at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6533)
  at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
  at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
  at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2238)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
  at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2296)
  at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
  at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4897)
  at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4534)
  at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4475)
  at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2282)
  at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
  ...

Cause

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