Opening the Task Repository view in Eclipse IDE results in "org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException" error

Symptom

The following error is displayed when you open the Task repository view in the IBM Rational Synergy Eclipse IDE:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Failed to login to Synergy. Invalid connection name
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.connection.ConnectionPlugin.logMessage(ConnectionPlugin.java:848)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.core.CorePlugin.logMessage(CorePlugin.java:270)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.ui.UIPlugin.logMessage(UIPlugin.java:2335)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.ui.taskview.CMSTaskView.expandConnectionModel(CMSTaskView.java:137)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.ui.common.CMSTreeView$RootModel.expand(CMSTreeView.java:550)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.ui.model.CMSViewModel.expand(CMSViewModel.java:310)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.ui.common.CMSTreeView.refreshElement(CMSTreeView.java:593)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.ui.common.CMSTreeView.refreshAll(CMSTreeView.java:374)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.extension.taskviewextension.CMSTaskRefreshAllAction.run(CMSTaskRefreshAllAction.java:42)
at com.telelogic.synergy.integration.ui.common.CMSAction.run(CMSAction.java:190)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:499)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:584)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:501)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$6.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:452)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1057)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4170)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3759)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$9.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1113)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:997)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:138)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:610)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:567)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:354)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:181)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:636)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:591)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1450)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1426)