PH06963: UNABLE TO CREATE A TIME-BASED SCHEDULE FOR A NEW C&DS JOB

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• You have installed IBM SPSS C&DS 8.1.1 as a new deployment on
  your Linux host. Installation and configuration proceeds without
  any errors. You then test the repository by creating a new C&DS
  job containing a simple General job-step as the only object.
  
  Executing this job interactively is successful. To further test
  the repository, you try to schedule the same job for a specific
  date and time.
  
  When scheduling the job, you observed that you can only select
  the option 'Once'. The other type of scheduled jobs,
  Hourly/Daily/Weekly/Monthly, are greyed out and cannot be
  selected.
  
  The following exception stack is captured in the spssemgr.log
  file and is repeated 24 times:
  
  Jan 04 2019 11:34:37 [main] ERROR org.eclipse.core.runtime  -
  Unhandled event loop exception
  java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Array index out of
  range: 0
  	at
  org.exolab.castor.types.DateTimeBase.setDateFormatTimeZone(DateT
  imeBase.java:1299)
  	at org.exolab.castor.types.Time.toDate(Time.java:179)
  	at
  com.spss.process.scheduling.RecurringSchedule.setTimeOfDay(Recur
  ringSchedule.java:265)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.prms.ui.wizards.schedule.TimeBasedWizardPage.setTi
  meOfDay(TimeBasedWizardPage.java:1152)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.prms.ui.wizards.schedule.TimeBasedWizardPage.getDa
  ilySchedule(TimeBasedWizardPage.java:974)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.prms.ui.wizards.schedule.TimeBasedWizardPage.getNe
  wSchedule(TimeBasedWizardPage.java:926)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.prms.ui.wizards.schedule.TimeBasedWizardPage.updat
  eSchedule(TimeBasedWizardPage.java:879)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.prms.ui.wizards.schedule.TimeBasedWizardPage$1.wid
  getSelected(TimeBasedWizardPage.java:134)
  	at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.
  java:248)
  	at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
  	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4362)
  	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1113)
  	at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4
  180)
  	at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:376
  9)
  	at
  org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:827)
  	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:803)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.prms.ui.actions.ScheduleJobActionDelegate.openSche
  dulerDialog(ScheduleJobActionDelegate.java:256)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.prms.ui.actions.ScheduleJobActionDelegate.run(Sche
  duleJobActionDelegate.java:222)
  	at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.j
  ava:247)
  	at
  org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSele
  ction(ActionContributionItem.java:595)
  	at
  org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionC
  ontributionItem.java:511)
  	at
  org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(Ac
  tionContributionItem.java:420)
  	at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
  	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4362)
  	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1113)
  	at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4
  180)
  	at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:376
  9)
  	at
  org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$4.r
  un(PartRenderingEngine.java:1127)
  	at
  org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Rea
  lm.java:337)
  	at
  org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run
  (PartRenderingEngine.java:1018)
  	at
  org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(
  E4Workbench.java:156)
  	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:654)
  	at
  org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Rea
  lm.java:337)
  	at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbenc
  h.java:598)
  	at
  org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:
  150)
  	at
  com.spss.mgmt.common.application.ManagementApplication.start(Man
  agementApplication.java:57)
  	at
  org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseApp
  Handle.java:196)
  	at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.run
  Application(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
  	at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.sta
  rt(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
  	at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStart
  er.java:380)
  	at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStart
  er.java:235)
  	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  	at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
  Impl.java:90)
  	at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  AccessorImpl.java:55)
  	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:508)
  	at
  org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:669)
  	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:608)
  	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1515)
  
  
  This error is similar to APAR PI72862, but has been resolved in
  the latest releases of the C&DS product.
  
  This issue is also observed for other C&DS jobs containing
  different job-steps, such as Modeler.
  
  Expectation is that the Hourly/Daily/Weekly/Monthly options are
  available to the end-user when creating a new schedule for the
  C&DS job.
  

Local fix

• Workaround is to collect your
  <C&DS_Server_Install>\setup\lib\castor.jar and place it in the
  <DM_Client_Install>\plugins\org.exolab.castor_1.2.0.0\ folder.
  Ensure you back up their DM_Client's copy of castor.jar before
  proceeding with this workaround.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * This affects all users of IBM SPSS Collaboration and         *
  * Deployment Services 8.1.1.                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * UNABLE TO CREATE A TIME-BASED SCHEDULE FOR A NEW C&DS JOB    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Please upgrade to IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment      *
  * Services 8.2.1 to resolve this issue.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R811 PSY

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