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PK96180: INCONSISTENT BEHAVIOUR BETWEEN PROMPT RENDERING AND REPORT RENDERING

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APAR status

  • Closed as unreproducible.

Error description

  • Cognos 8.4 search and select prompt seems not be able to hadnle
    ASCII charcter code 26.
    
    Cognos code should be able to handle the control-character
    correctly.
    It clearly can render the symbols if they are in a report and
    indeed allow interactions with that
    character in the database queries so it should display them in a
    prompt as well.
    This is inconsistent behaviour between prompt rendering and
    report rendering.
    
    As well Cognos Viewer behave differently than Cognos Viewer in
    the portlet:
    
    Cognos Viewer find seems find and display the item in the prompt
    but then the report fail to run with the following error:
    
    DPR-ERR-2101 Your request was invalid. Please contact your
    administrator
    
    Cognos Viewer on a portlet failed doing a search with the
    following error message
    
    Illegal character ((CTRL-CHAR, code 26)) at [row,col
    {unknown-source}]: [107,-417]
    Details | Retry | Hide this message.
    

Local fix

  • Workaround: replace any code 26 characters in that field with a
    '?'
    (done in FM and not the DB as this would require significantwork
    on our database since the field in question is a business key).
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
    * All Users                                                    *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
    * See error description.                                       *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    * Upgrade to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 Refresh     *
    * Pack 1                                                       *
    * or Upgrade to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 Refresh  *
    * Pack 1                                                       *
    ****************************************************************
    

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PK96180

  • Reported component name

    COG8 BI COG VIE

  • Reported component ID

    5724W12CV

  • Reported release

    811

  • Status

    CLOSED UR3

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2009-09-15

  • Closed date

    2013-04-26

  • Last modified date

    2013-06-11

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    COG8 BI COG VIE

  • Fixed component ID

    5724W12CV

Applicable component levels

  • RA11 PSN

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 November 2022