Catalog Manager does not launch / open in version 11.1.1.7.1 (and 11.1.1.7.0)

Issue:

I was unable to launch catalog manager for 11.1.1.7.0 / 11.1.1.7.1 version of OBIEE. I installed Catalog Manager using client tools installation for 64bit machine.

 

The full path where OBIEE 64bit client tools were installed was:

C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client Tools\

 

The AdminTool works fine but catalog manager does not open. When I launch CatalogManager from programs menu, nothing happens.

I went to the following path using windows explorer:

C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client Tools\oraclebi\orahome\bifoundation\web\catalogmanager

and manually executed  - runcat.cmd 

And got error

Solution:

Then I edited the  runcat.cmd file and specified the actual path for variable $USER_INSTALL_DIR$. Note since the path has space in it, we have to provide path in quotes. This appears to be known bug for 11.1.1.7.x version of OBIEE.

The above should resolve the issue for most. If you still face issue, the easiest thing to do would be to uninstall the client tools and reinstall it under C:\obiee folder instead of c:\program files OR with any folder which doesn’t have a space in its path.