Writeback - buttons not displaying

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We are on OBIEE 11.1.1.7

I believe I properly implemented all the steps, edited all the xml files, made all the property changes (table+ column) and provided all the permissions.

With the Toggle Table Mode checked I don't get the Update button.

With the Toggle Table Mode unchecked, I can type values in the writable fields, but the 3 buttons, Apply/Revert/Done are not displayed.

Appreciate any ideas the community may have.

Thanks,

Steve

Robert Angel

Wow, two writebacks in one day.

First, do yourself a favour and use Apex instead, write back is very limited....

Second, if you ignore first, have you followed; -

https://gerardnico.com/dat/obiee/obips/write_back

Did you bounce the presentation service?

Are you sure the fields match to the insert / update statements?

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Thanks for the quick response!

First - I will look into Apex

Second, yes followed these instructions

Yes bounced the service.

Double checked the fields match the insert/update statement and it looks to be OK.

Robert Angel

And the name for the template is letter and case perfect (Linux back end?) and the 'OBIEE' user has sufficient rights to it on the server?

Robert Angel

Btw - https://apex.oracle.com/en/

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Yes, it is Linux back end.  I will need to check with the DBA to see if the OBIEE user has sufficient rights to the XML template. 

As for the for the name, I understood it needs to be the name of the WebMessage, not the file name, correct? I did a copy and paste, so is letter/case perfect.

Robert Angel

On the latter, like this; -

And by OBIEE user I mean the user your OBIEE services run as...

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Yes, the name is the same and the OBIEE user as access to the XML file

Robert Angel

On your last point with the table, are you broadly following; -

Edit Table Properties view -> writeback & check 'Enable Write Back' & mention Template Name as mentioned in writeback file ( WebMessage name="WriteBack_Template_Name" ).

Also, from memory I found just leaving a space if I did not want either insert or update did not work for me, I wound up putting a fully formed piece of syntax (having insert in both in my case)

Also, you have enabled write back in instanceconfig.xml file => <LightWriteback>true</LightWriteback>

Also, in the rpd you have; -

Physical Layer - From Physical Table Properties Go to-> General tab dialog box. Uncheck Cacheable

Business Model & Mapping Layer -  Logical Column Properties Go to-> General tab. Check Writable option.

Presentation Layer - Presentation Column Properties Go to-> General tab -> Permissions -> Set permission -> Read / Write (Radio Button), on the User / Application Role which you want to authenticate for WriteBack feature.

Presentation Layer - Go to -> Manage-> Identity Manager -> Identity Management (Left pane) -> Select Application Role (to which you need Write Back Permission) -> Permission -> Query Limits (tab) -> Select Database (to which you need direct database execution rights) -> Change option from ignore to allow to the field named "Execute Direct Database Requests".

Finally, you are trying with a sysadmin user or similar with write back rights?

Robert Angel

Double check your config against =>

Oracle BI Practice: OBIEE 11g Configure Writeback

Robert Angel

For your version you might also want to check

OBIEE 11g Write Back Error, Could not find privilege (Doc ID 2075391.1)

OBIEE 11g:How To Configure Write Back In OBIEE 11g In Analysis and Dashboard? (Doc ID 1435698.1)

Other than that I cannot find any applicable patches to your version so it really is just a case of double check every step of the config and if all else fails put together a test case, capture the logs and upload to a SR.