How to fix the Oracle error ORA-54642: PARTITION_TABLE utility: invalid SORT_DIMENSION specified?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-54642: PARTITION_TABLE utility: invalid SORT_DIMENSION specified with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-54642: PARTITION_TABLE utility: invalid SORT_DIMENSION specified

Reason for the Error ORA-54642: PARTITION_TABLE utility: invalid SORT_DIMENSION specified

An invalid string was specified for the SORT_DIMENSION.

How to fix the Error ORA-54642: PARTITION_TABLE utility: invalid SORT_DIMENSION specified ?

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

Specify the SORT_DIMENSION as ‘BEST_DIM’, ‘DIMENSION_1’, ‘DIMENSION_2’, or ‘DIMENSION_3’.