Server Manager - Managing Extensions on Documentation - V2

Server Manager - Managing Extensions - Error - ExtendAssessmentModels - java lang NullPointerException

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose (problem description)

This page assists with the error you may face when updating extension step fails in the ExtendAssessmentModels step

Below is the error stack

Running action: Extend Assessment Models with new metrics.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.
java.lang.NullPointerException

You can see more on installing extensions in the documentation here: Install an extension
You can see more on the creating of extensions in the documentation here: Create a new extension

Observed in CAST Version

Server Manager - Managing Extensions - Error - Extension ID conflict - incompatible metamodel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose (problem description)

This page assists with the following problems you may face when updating extensions and the update fails

with an extension ID conflict
and/or incompatible metamodel error as shown in the screenshot below:

You can see more on installing extensions in the documentation here: Install an extension
You can see more on the creating of extensions in the documentation here: Create a new extension

Observed in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Observed in RDBMS

Server Manager - Managing Extensions - Error - Framework is incompatible with the schema metamodel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Description

This page helps to resolve the issue of an error when trying to update an extension as shown in the screenshot below:

Figure 1

As shown above the extension update fails with the error “Framework is incompatible with the schema metamodel. It is generally due to an extension that has changed it’s ids.”

Observed in CAST AIP

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Observed on RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
CSS	✅

Step by Step Scenario

Server Manager - Managing Extensions - Error - Missing dependency

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Description

When using server manager to install a database, an error regarding a missing dependency like in the following screenshot occurs when selecting the extensions to install:

Observed in CAST AIP

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Observed on RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
CSS	✅

Step by Step Scenario

Below is the step-by-step scenario leading to the problem:

Try to install a database with some existing extensions

Impact of the Problem

The impact of the problem on the analysis or the dashboard is:

Server Manager - Managing Extensions - Error - Pair INF_TYPE INF_SUB_TYPE must be unique

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose (problem description)

This page provides assistance when getting the error: “Properties CAST_AvoidLongTableAndColumnNames.avoidLongTableAndColumnNames and CAST_RelatedJpaEntity.jpaname both defines same (INF_TYPE,INF_SUB_TYPE) value.

Pair (INF_TYPE,INF_SUB_TYPE) must be unique.” as shown in the below screenshot:

Observed in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Observed in RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
CSS	✅

Step by Step scenario

Install JEE 1.2.3 with Spring Data extension which is below version 1.0.3
Error during installation

Action Plan

Perform the below actions

Server Manager - Managing Extensions - Error - relation delta_dynlink does not exist

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Description

Server Manager throws the following error when trying to install/upgrade an extension:

SQL Error: ERROR: relation “delta_dynlink” does not exist

As shown in the screenshot below:

Observed in CAST AIP

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Observed on RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
CSS	✅

Step by Step Scenario

Below is the step-by-step scenario leading to the problem:

In your CAST schema’s (local, central & mngt), check if a deprecated version of the Delta Tool report on Analysis (versions - 1.1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.0) is installed - Delta Report on Analysis Extension

2. Try to upgrade or install any Extension from the server manager.

Server Manager - Managing Extensions - SQL Analyzer - Error - Analyzer for SQL Files is incompatible with the schema metamodel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Description

Server Manager throws the following error when trying to install the SQL Analyzer extension:

Analyzer for SQL Files is incompatible with the schema metamodel

As shown in the screenshot below:

Observed in CAST AIP

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅

Observed on RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
CSS	✅

Step by Step Scenario

Below is the step-by-step scenario leading to the problem:

In your CAST schemas (local, central & mngt), the custom UA language pack “SQLScript” has been installed.
To determine if it has been installed, run the following query in Management base.