How to fix the Oracle error ORA-12472: policy string is being used?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-12472: policy string is being used with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-12472: policy string is being used

Reason for the Error ORA-12472: policy string is being used

The policy which was being dropped due to event propagation from OID was applied to some table or schema.

How to fix the Error ORA-12472: policy string is being used ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Drop a policy in OID only if it is not used in any of the databases using the policy.