If after the upgrade the database registry shows the status valid for oracle workspace manager then this error could be safely ignored.
COMP_ID COMP_NAME STATUS VERSION ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- EM Oracle Enterprise Manager VALID 11.2.0.4.0 OWB OWB VALID 11.2.0.3.0 APEX Oracle Application Express VALID 3.2.1.00.12 AMD OLAP Catalog VALID 11.2.0.4.0 SDO Spatial VALID 11.2.0.4.0 ORDIM Oracle Multimedia VALID 11.2.0.4.0 XDB Oracle XML Database VALID 11.2.0.4.0 CONTEXT Oracle Text VALID 11.2.0.4.0 EXF Oracle Expression Filter VALID 11.2.0.4.0 RUL Oracle Rules Manager VALID 11.2.0.4.0 OWM Oracle Workspace Manager VALID 11.2.0.4.0 CATALOG Oracle Database Catalog Views VALID 11.2.0.4.0 CATPROC Oracle Database Packages and Types VALID 11.2.0.4.0 JAVAVM JServer JAVA Virtual Machine VALID 11.2.0.4.0 XML Oracle XDK VALID 11.2.0.4.0 CATJAVA Oracle Database Java Packages VALID 11.2.0.4.0 APS OLAP Analytic Workspace VALID 11.2.0.4.0 XOQ Oracle OLAP API VALID 11.2.0.4.0 RAC Oracle Real Application Clusters VALID 11.2.0.4.0
Useful metalink notes
ORA-00942 during database upgrade of Oracle Workspace Manager [ID 1399508.1]
Post-Upgrade Status Script utlu112s.sql Fails with ORA-942 [ID 1051991.1]
ORA-20194 And ORA-01720 During Upgrade of Oracle Workspace Manager When Upgrading from 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4 [ID 1666657.1]
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