Bridge Specifications
| Vendor | Oracle |
| Tool Name | Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) |
| Tool Version | 11.1.1.6 to 12c |
| Tool Web Site | http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/data-integrator/overview/index.html |
| Supported Methodology | [Data Integration] Multi-Model, Data Store (Physical Data Model, Logical Data Model), ETL (Source and Target Data Stores, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing) via Java API |
SPECIFICATIONS
Tool: Oracle / Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) version 11.1.1.6 to 12c via Java API
See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/data-integrator/overview/index.html
Metadata: [Data Integration] Multi-Model, Data Store (Physical Data Model, Logical Data Model), ETL (Source and Target Data Stores, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing)
Component: OracleDataIntegrator version 11.2.0
OVERVIEW
This import bridge imports models and mappings from an Oracle Data Integrator work repository.
REQUIREMENTS
The import bridge relies on the Oracle Data Integrator Java API to import metadata. Therefore, the Oracle Data Integrator tool must be properly installed and accessible from the machine executing this import bridge.
This import bridge does not support OdiRef for ODI 12c.
This import bridge ONLY supports Oracle JVM 8.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: What are the configuration steps required for External Authentication (against an LDAP server)?
A: Make sure the External Authentication mode is correctly configured for the ODI tool, then copy the files jps-config.xml and cwallet.sso to folder /MetaIntegration/bin/config/. Templates of the jps-config.xml and cwallet.sso files are located in the ODI installation folder (/Oracle_ODI1/modules/oracle.jps_11.1.1/client_config).
Please refer to the Oracle documentation for details:
http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/fmw/odi/odi_11g/odi_external_authentication/odi_external_authentication.htm
Q: Why are there "NOT_MAPPED_PHYSICALLY" under Connections?
A: The 'NOT_MAPPED_PHYSICALLY' is a special name for a database schema in the situation when the Logical schema is not mapped to the Physical schema. In this case, we can't create a physical database with the real name and use this default name.
Q: Why does import fail with this error, java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError?
A: Some Java bridges depend on the tool's SDK which is not necessarily compatible with OpenJDK 11 which is now the default JRE for the bridges (typically these tool's older SDK can only work with older versions such as Java 8). In such case the bridge tries to automatically run with the JRE bundled with the tool software / SDK instead. When this is not possible, the bridge offers the ability to manually point to a compatible JRE in the bridge's Miscellaneous parameter. Bridges for tools having compatibility issues with OpenJDK 11, include at least Oracle Data Integration, and SAP BusinessObjects.
LIMITATIONS
Refer to the current general known limitations at https://metaintegration.com/Products/MIMB/Help/#!Documents/mimbknownlimitations.html
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SUPPORT
Provide a troubleshooting package with:
- the debug log (can be set in the UI or in conf/conf.properties with MIR_LOG_LEVEL=6)
- the metadata backup if available (can be set in the Miscellaneous parameter with -backup option, although this common option is not implemented on all bridges for technical reasons).
Q: How do I provide metadata to the support team in order to reproduce an issue?
A: In order to reproduce an issue, a backup of both the master and work repositories must be created. Instructions are available as part of the ODI documentation:
- Backup Master Repository: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21764_01/integrate.1111/e12643/export_import.htm#autoId10
- Backup Work Repository: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21764_01/integrate.1111/e12643/export_import.htm#autoId12
Q: How do I validate the ODI Home directory (Oracle Home path)?
A: The directory structure depends from ODI version and contains many subfolders and many files, but we can check the directory structure using few files from list below:
For ODI 11 the root folder contains at least that 23 folders and 170 files.
[Oracle Home path]\modules\oracle.jps_11.1.1\jps-api.jar
[Oracle Home path]\modules\oracle.jdbc_11.1.1\ojdbc6dms.jar
[Oracle Home path]\modules\oracle.idm_11.1.1\identitystore.jar
[Oracle Home path]\oracledi.sdk\lib\odi-core.jar
[Oracle Home path]\setup\manual\oracledi-sdk\oracle.odi-sdk-jse_11.1.1.jar
For ODI 12.1.3 the root folder contains at least that 213 folders and 2461 files.
[Oracle Home path]\odi\sdk\lib\oracle.odi-sdk-jse_12.1.3.jar
[Oracle Home path]\oracle_common\modules\oracle.security-api_12.1.3.jar
[Oracle Home path]\oracle_common\modules\oracle.jps_12.1.3\jps-api.jar
[Oracle Home path]\oracle_common\modules\oracle.jdbc_12.1.0\ojdbc6.jar
[Oracle Home path]\oracle_common\modules\oracle.ldap_12.1.3\ldapjclnt11.jar
Bridge Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description | Type | Values | Default | Scope |
| Driver Name | Driver Name to connect to master repository database. The full name (including the package name) of the class should be specified, e.g. 'Oracle' oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver 'SQLServer' sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver 'IBM DB2 8.1 Net driver' COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.net.DB2Driver |
STRING | oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver | Mandatory | |
| Oracle Home path | The Oracle home directory where ODI Studio and SDK are installed. The SDK is used to read the ODI metadata. The directory should have 'odi' and 'oracle_common' sub-directories. The \odi\sdk\lib\oracle.odi-sdk-jse_[VERSION].jar file must be present. It is used to identify the ODI version and load dependent libraries. | DIRECTORY | Mandatory | ||
| URL | Driver URL to connect to the master repository's database. URL is driver and database dependent. 'SQLServer' jdbc:odbc:YOUR_DSN 'IBM DB2 8.1 Net' jdbc:db2://COMPUTER_NAME_OR_IP:6789/DATABASE_NAME 'IBM DB2 8.1 App' jdbc:db2:DATABASE_NAME 'Oracle Thin' jdbc:oracle:thin:@COMPUTER_NAME_OR_IP:1521:ORACLE_SID 'Oracle Thin' jdbc:oracle:thin:@(description=(address=(host=DATABASE_HOST)(protocol=tcp)(port=1521))(connect_data=(sid=SID))) 'NCR Teradata' jdbc:odbc:YOUR_DSN - When using the TeraDriver (native driver), jdbc:odbc:<DB_Server_Name> 'MS Access' jdbc:odbc:YOUR_DSN |
STRING | jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:port:sid | Mandatory | |
| Master Repository User | User name used to connect to Master Repository's Database. | STRING | Mandatory | ||
| Master Repository Password | Password for specified Master Repository Database User. | PASSWORD | |||
| ODI User | Oracle Data Integrator Username. | STRING | Mandatory | ||
| ODI User Password | Password for specified Oracle Data Integrator Username. | PASSWORD | Mandatory | ||
| Work repository | Work repository name. | REPOSITORY_MODEL | Mandatory | ||
| Miscellaneous | INTRODUCTION Specify miscellaneous options starting with a dash and optionally followed by parameters, e.g. -connection.cast MyDatabase1="MICROSOFT SQL SERVER" Some options can be used multiple times if applicable, e.g. -connection.rename NewConnection1=OldConnection1 -connection.rename NewConnection2=OldConnection2; As the list of options can become a long string, it is possible to load it from a file which must be located in ${MODEL_BRIDGE_HOME}\data\MIMB\parameters and have the extension .txt. In such case, all options must be defined within that file as the only value of this parameter, e.g. ETL/Miscellaneous.txt JAVA ENVIRONMENT OPTIONS -java.memory <Java Memory's maximum size> (previously -m) 1G by default on 64bits JRE or as set in conf/conf.properties, e.g. -java.memory 8G -java.memory 8000M -java.parameters <Java Runtime Environment command line options> (previously -j) This option must be the last one in the Miscellaneous parameter as all the text after -java.parameters is passed "as is" to the JRE, e.g. -java.parameters -Dname=value -Xms1G The following option must be set when a proxy is used to access internet (this is critical to access https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ and exceptionally a few other tool sites) in order to download the necessary third-party software libraries. Note: The majority of proxies are concerned with encrypting (HTTPS) the outside (of the company) traffic and trust the inside traffic that can access proxy over HTTP. In this case, an HTTPS request reaches the proxy over HTTP where the proxy HTTPS-encrypts it. -java.parameters -java.parameters -Dhttp.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttp.proxyPort=3128 -Dhttp.proxyUser=user -Dhttp.proxyPassword=pass MODEL IMPORT OPTIONS -model.name <model name> Override the model name, e.g. -model.name "My Model Name" -prescript <script name> This option allows running a script before the bridge execution. The script must be located in the bin directory (or as specified with M_SCRIPT_PATH in conf/conf.properties), and have .bat or .sh extension. The script path must not include any parent directory symbol (..). The script should return exit code 0 to indicate success, or another value to indicate failure. For example: -prescript "script.bat arg1 arg2" -postscript <script name> This option allows running a script after successful execution of the bridge. The script must be located in the bin directory (or as specified with M_SCRIPT_PATH in conf/conf.properties), and have .bat or .sh extension. The script path must not include any parent directory symbol (..). The script should return exit code 0 to indicate success, or another value to indicate failure. For example: -postscript "script.bat arg1 arg2" -cache.clear Clears the cache before the import, and therefore will run a full import without incremental harvesting. If the model was not changed and the -cache.clear parameter is not used (incremental harvesting), then a new version will not be created. If the model was not changed and the -cache.clear parameter is set (full source import instead of incremental), then a new version will be created. -backup <directory> Allows to save the input metadata for further troubleshooting. The provided <directory> must be empty. -restore <directory> Specify the backup <directory> to be restored. DATA CONNECTION OPTIONS Data Connections are produced by the import bridges typically from ETL/DI and BI tools to refer to the source and target data stores they use. These data connections are then used by metadata management tools to connect them (metadata stitching) to their actual data stores (e.g. databases, file system, etc.) in order to produce the full end to end data flow lineage and impact analysis. The name of each data connection is unique by import model. The data connection names used within DI/BI design tools are used when possible, otherwise connection names are generated to be short but meaningful such as the database / schema name, the file system path, or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). The following option allows to manipulate connections. These options replaces the legacy options -c, -cd, and -cs. -connection.cast ConnectionName=ConnectionType Casts a generic database connection (e.g. ODBC/JDBC) to a precise database type (e.g. ORACLE) for SQL Parsing, e.g. -connection.cast "My Database"="MICROSOFT SQL SERVER". The list of supported data store connection types includes: ACCESS APACHE CASSANDRA DB2/UDB DENODO GOOGLE BIGQUERY HIVE MYSQL NETEZZA ORACLE POSTGRESQL PRESTO REDSHIFT SALESFORCE SAP HANA SNOWFLAKE MICROSOFT SQL AZURE MICROSOFT SQL SERVER SYBASE SQL SERVER SYBASE AS ENTERPRISE TERADATA VECTORWISE HP VERTICA -connection.rename OldConnection=NewConnection Renames an existing connection to a new name, e.g. -connection.rename OldConnectionName=NewConnectionName Multiple existing database connections can be renamed and merged into one new database connection, e.g. -connection.rename MySchema1=MyDatabase -connection.rename MySchema2=MyDatabase -connection.split oldConnection.Schema1=newConnection Splits a database connection into one or multiple database connections. A single database connection can be split into one connection per schema, e.g. -connection.split MyDatabase All database connections can be split into one connection per schema, e.g. -connection.split * A database connection can be explicitly split creating a new database connection by appending a schema name to a database, e.g. -connection.split MyDatabase.schema1=MySchema1 -connection.map SourcePath=DestinationPath Maps a source path to destination path. This is useful for file system connections when different paths points to the same object (directory or file). On Hadoop, a process can write into a CSV file specified with the HDFS full path, but another process reads from a Hive table implemented (external) by the same file specified using a relative path with default file name and extension, e.g. -connection.map /user1/folder=hdfs://host:8020/users/user1/folder/file.csv On Linux, a given directory (or file) like /data can be referred to by multiple symbolic links like /users/john and /users/paul, e.g. -connection.map /data=/users/John -connection.map /data=/users/paul On Windows, a given directory like C:\data can be referred to by multiple network drives like M: and N:, e.g. -connection.map C:\data=M:\ -connection.map C:\data=N:\ -connection.casesensitive ConnectionName... Overrides the default case insensitive matching rules for the object identifiers inside the specified connection, provided the detected type of the data store by itself supports this configuration (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, MySql etc.), e.g. -connection.casesensitive "My Database" -connection.caseinsensitive ConnectionName... Overrides the default case sensitive matching rules for the object identifiers inside the specified connection, provided the detected type of the data store by itself supports this configuration (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, MySql etc.), e.g. -connection.caseinsensitive "My Database" -connection.level AggregationLevel Specifies the aggregation level for the external connections, e.g.-connection.level catalog The list of the supported values: server catalog schema (default) ETL OPTIONS These options are available on all ETL/DI tools and scripting import bridges in order to: - Process all SQL parsing - Build runtime models from design models and runtime variables - Calculate runtime summary lineage -etl.summary.add.ultimate (previously -ppus) Adds the ultimate runtime lineage summary (may generate a very large model). -etl.summary.only.ultimate (previously -ppsp) Only produces the ultimate runtime lineage summary (may generate a very large model). -etl.connections.add.internal.design (previously -pppd) Adds the internal ETL design data connectors (needed for ETL conversion). -etl.connections.remove.input (previously -ri) Removes all input (source) data connections (to reduce the size of the generated model). -etl.transformations.enable.xml This option enables the parsing and support of XML transformations in DI/ETL import bridges such as Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Developer, Microsoft SSIS, IBM DataStage, and Talend Data Integration. In case of Informatica, such XML transformations corresponds to the following PowerCenter features https://docs.informatica.com/data-integration/powercenter/10-5/xml-guide/midstream-xml-transformations.html https://docs.informatica.com/data-integration/powercenter/10-5/xml-guide/xml-source-qualifier-transformation.html Note that this option may significantly slow down the import. |
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Bridge Mapping
| Meta Integration Repository (MIR) Metamodel (based on the OMG CWM standard) |
"Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 11g - Beta Bridge" Metamodel OracleDataIntegrator |
Mapping Comments |
| Attribute | Column | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Resource name | |
| Class | Table | |
| Description | Description | |
| DimensionalRole | OLAP Type | |
| DimensionalType | OLAP Type | |
| Name | Name | |
| PhysicalName | Resource name |