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OBIEE Baseline Validation Tool - Parameter ‘directory’ is not a directory

Published May 18, 2016 by in Obiee, Bvt, Regression Testing, Baseline Validation Tool, Obiee12c at https://preview.rmoff.net/2016/05/18/obiee-baseline-validation-tool-parameter-directory-is-not-a-directory/

Interesting quirk in running Baseline Validation Tool for OBIEE here. If you invoke obibvt from the bin folder, it errors with Parameter ‘directory’ is not a directory

PS C:\OracleBI-BVT> cd bin
PS C:\OracleBI-BVT\bin> .\obibvt -config C:\OracleBI-BVT\bin\bvt-config.xml -deployment current
 INFO: Result folder: Results\current
Throwable: Parameter 'directory' is not a directory
Thread[main,5,main]
SEVERE: Unhandled Exception
SEVERE: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'directory' is not a directory
       at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.validateListFilesParameters(FileUtils.java:545)
       at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.listFiles(FileUtils.java:521)
       at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.listFiles(FileUtils.java:691)
       at com.oracle.biee.bvt.UpgradeTool.loadPlugins(UpgradeTool.java:537)
       at com.oracle.biee.bvt.UpgradeTool.runPluginTests(UpgradeTool.java:644)
       at com.oracle.biee.bvt.UpgradeTool.run(UpgradeTool.java:812)
       at com.oracle.biee.bvt.UpgradeTool.main(UpgradeTool.java:999)

PS C:\OracleBI-BVT\bin>

Solution? Run the exact same command, but from the folder above:

PS C:\OracleBI-BVT> .\bin\obibvt -config C:\OracleBI-BVT\bin\bvt-config.xml -deployment current

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Robin Moffatt

Robin Moffatt works on the DevRel team at Confluent. He likes writing about himself in the third person, eating good breakfasts, and drinking good beer.

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