OBIEE 12c - Offline repository location

Mark.Thompson

I found something that I think is odd.  I created a repository from scratch (binary file) and stored it at c:\myrpds.  When I attempted to open it in offline mode, I was informed that it could only be opened in read-only mode.  This happened repeatedly - create a new repository, save it in some random location, try to open it offline - and only read-only mode was available.

However, if I store it in the default directory (i.e. C:\<home>\bi\bifoundation\server\) it works just fine.  I can re-open it in offline mode.

Is there some reason that an offline repository can only be reopened in read-only mode if it is not stored in the default directory?  That was never the case in 11g.  11g didn't care where the repository was stored.