I have seen this happen when a connection cannot be made to the data source. Is this the problem? The connection can be tested on the data sources page with the Test Connection button.
Are there any artifact types listed? If not, then it must be having a problem retrieving the metadata from the data warehouse describing the types. Try querying your database directly maybe???
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