Datapump Import, IMPDP, Fails with Errors ORA-39246 and ORA-39059 (Doc ID 1512192.1)

Last updated on APRIL 14, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.4 to 11.2.0.1 [Release 10.2 to 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 14-April-2017***

Symptoms

DataPump export (expdp) has finished successfully.  But, DataPump import (impdp) fails with errors:

ORA-39002: invalid operation
ORA-39059: dump file set is incomplete
ORA-39246: cannot locate master table within provided dump files

Cause

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