How to fix the Oracle error ORA-56716: Category string does not exist?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-56716: Category string does not exist with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-56716: Category string does not exist

Reason for the Error ORA-56716: Category string does not exist

A non-existent category was specified as an argument to a procedure in the package, DBMS_RESOURCE_MANAGER.

How to fix the Error ORA-56716: Category string does not exist ?

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

Specify an existing category name or create a new category with this name.