BiLog: Explore....Report Upgrade to 371!![]() Last week I showed you my cubicle. This week, I used one of my favorite tools – my Magic 8 Ball – to see if I should show you more, and received ‘Reply Hazy’ in return. Okay…I’ll follow its guidance and hold for now. But what I do want to share today is more information on Report Upgrading. Today, the Maximo Version 7.5.x_Designer 371_Report Development Guide has been updated with more information on upgrading for you. The updates detail two issues we found when applying the BIRt 232 to Birt 371 upgrade on individual design files. The 2 issues were Issue: You may see this issue if at one time, you had a field used within a report, and then later removed it. However, if the field’s data binding was not properly removed, errors can result in Version 371 due to tighter business rules. An example of the error that you may see within the report designer is show below. Table (id = 1634): #NAME? Error evaluating Javascript expression. Script engine error: Invalid bound column name: shipvia Script source: null, line: 0, text: <compiled script> (Element ID: 1634) Resolution: To resolve this error, search thru the XML source for the Data Set. Once you have located it, remove the fields from the data binding that are not used within the report. Reports Updated Include: Labor Contract Details (lab Inventory ABC (inv Assignment Manager Monthly Format (amm 2. Hierarchy reports Issue: Hierarchy reports show pare Table (id = 1413): + Can not load the report query: 1413. Errors occurred when generating the report document for the report element with ID 1,413. (Element ID: 1413) Only header and footer display. no report output. only the err msg. Resolution: This was resolved by adding grouping to the report nested tables. Reports Updated Include: Classification Hierarchy (cla Job Plan Hierarchy (job Location Hierarchy by System (loc Work Order Hierarchy (wor Please note that you may or may not see these same issues – or you may see different
issues - depending on how your custom reports have been created. To download the latest version of the Report Development guide, with additional information starting on page 26 click here |