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Annotation Service fails to start

Troubleshooting


Problem

Annotation Service fails to start and hence the status of the dispatcher shows as partially available in Cognos Administration.

Symptom


Status of dispatcher captured in screen shot is attached.

Below error is seen in the cogserver.log
Failure <messages><message><messageString>DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.</messageString></message><message><messageString>Annotation Service Failed to start</messageString></message></messages> problem starting handler AnnotationServiceHandlerAnnotation Service Failed to start java.lang.RuntimeException: Annotation Service Failed to start at com.ibm.cognos.internal.annotations.service.AnnotationServiceHandler.start(AnnotationServiceHandler.java:112)

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Modified date:
13 January 2026

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