oracle.bi.bar.exceptions.UnSupportedBarException: The Bar file provided as input is not supported in this BI Platfrom release.

Another quick note on OBIEE 12c, this time on the importServiceInstance command. If you run it with a BAR file that doesn’t exist, it’ll fail (obviously), but the error at the end of the stack trace is slightly confusing:

oracle.bi.bar.exceptions.UnSupportedBarException: 
The Bar file provided as input is not supported in this BI Platfrom release.

Scrolling back up the stack trace does show the error message:

SEVERE: Failed in reading bar file. [...]
java.io.FileNotFoundException: [...] 
(The system cannot find the file specified)

So … RTEM (Read the Fantastic Error Message) in full, don’t just skim to the end…

PS C:\OracleBI-BVT> C:\app\oracle\fmw\oracle_common\common\bin\wlst.cmd

Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...

Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell

Type help() for help on available commands

wls:/offline> importServiceInstance('C:/app/oracle/fmw/user_projects/domains/bi/','ssi','C:/app/oracle/fmw/bi/bifoundation/samples/sampleapplite/SampleAppLite.bar')
Starting Import Service Instance
May 19, 2016 10:54:05 AM oracle.bi.bar.util.DomainIntrospectUtils obtainSingletonDataDirectory
INFO: Obtained Singleton Data Directory as C:\app\oracle\fmw\user_projects\domains\bi\bidata
May 19, 2016 10:54:05 AM oracle.bi.bar.framework.ConfigFileUtility getConfigProperty
INFO: property value found in config file: ALL
May 19, 2016 10:54:05 AM oracle.bi.bar.framework.ConfigFileUtility getConfigProperty
INFO: property value found in config file: 100000
May 19, 2016 10:54:05 AM oracle.bi.bar.framework.ConfigFileUtility getConfigProperty
INFO: property value found in config file: 500000
May 19, 2016 10:54:05 AM oracle.bi.bar.framework.ConfigFileUtility getConfigProperty
INFO: property value found in config file: V1
May 19, 2016 10:54:06 AM oracle.bi.bar.si.ServiceInstanceLifeCycleFactory getServiceInstanceLifeCycleImpl
INFO: Service Instance lifecyle impl version used:V1
May 19, 2016 10:54:06 AM oracle.bi.bar.log.LogUtils doesLogHandlerExist
INFO: Path from ODL Handler = C:\app\oracle\fmw\user_projects\domains\bi\bilogs\service_instances\ssi\metadata\si20160519_105405.log
May 19, 2016 10:54:06 AM oracle.bi.bar.log.LogUtils doesLogHandlerExist
INFO: Found odl handler logging to log file C:\app\oracle\fmw\user_projects\domains\bi\bilogs\service_instances\ssi\metadata\si20160519_105405.log
May 19, 2016 10:54:06 AM oracle.bi.bar.util.ValidateFileTypeUtil checkBarFile
SEVERE: Failed in reading bar file. C:\app\oracle\fmw\bi\bifoundation\samples\sampleapplite\SampleAppLite.bar
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\app\oracle\fmw\bi\bifoundation\samples\sampleapplite\SampleAppLite.bar (The system cannot find the file specified)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)
        at oracle.bi.bar.util.ValidateFileTypeUtil.checkBarFile(ValidateFileTypeUtil.java:50)
        at oracle.bi.bar.si.ServiceInstanceLifeCycleImpl.importServiceInstance(ServiceInstanceLifeCycleImpl.java:240)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
        at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.PyInstance.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.pycode._pyx133.importServiceInstance$3(/C:/app/oracle/fmw/bi/lib/bi-bar.jar!/wlstScriptDir/ServiceInstanceLifeCycle.py:63)
        at org.python.pycode._pyx133.call_function(/C:/app/oracle/fmw/bi/lib/bi-bar.jar!/wlstScriptDir/ServiceInstanceLifeCycle.py)
        at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.PyFunction.__call__(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.pycode._pyx140.f$0(<console>:1)
        at org.python.pycode._pyx140.call_function(<console>)
        at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.PyCode.call(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.core.Py.exec(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.exec(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.util.InteractiveInterpreter.runcode(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.util.InteractiveInterpreter.runsource(Unknown Source)
        at org.python.util.InteractiveInterpreter.runsource(Unknown Source)
        at weblogic.management.scripting.utils.WLSTInterpreter.runsource(WLSTInterpreter.java:1093)
        at weblogic.management.scripting.WLST.main(WLST.java:227)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
        at weblogic.WLST.main(WLST.java:47)

May 19, 2016 10:54:06 AM oracle.bi.bar.log.LogUtils removeServiceInstanceODLHandler
INFO: Path from ODL Handler = C:\app\oracle\fmw\user_projects\domains\bi\bilogs\service_instances\ssi\metadata\si20160519_105405.log
May 19, 2016 10:54:06 AM oracle.bi.bar.log.LogUtils removeServiceInstanceODLHandler
INFO: Removing odl handler after completion of the run for log file C:\app\oracle\fmw\user_projects\domains\bi\bilogs\service_instances\ssi\metadata\si20160519_105405.log
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in ?
  File "/C:/app/oracle/fmw/bi/lib/bi-bar.jar!/wlstScriptDir/ServiceInstanceLifeCycle.py", line 63, in importServiceInstance
        at oracle.bi.bar.si.ServiceInstanceLifeCycleImpl.importServiceInstance(ServiceInstanceLifeCycleImpl.java:244)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)

oracle.bi.bar.exceptions.UnSupportedBarException: oracle.bi.bar.exceptions.UnSupportedBarException: The Bar fileC:\app\oracle\fmw\bi\bifoundation\samples\sampleapplite\SampleAppLite.bar provided as input is not supported in this BI Platfrom release.
wls:/offline>

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