ORA-39166 Error Raised During Datapump Export With No Object Identified

(Doc ID 856868.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 15-Apr-2013***

Symptoms

The following error is seen in the Datapump export log:
     ORA-39166: Object was not found.

Note that the object which is "not found" is not named by the error message.
The tables intended for Datapump export are named explicitly using the TABLES parameter.

Cause

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