PI55696: EXPORT OF NETWORK TRANSACTION DATA FROM ANALYTICS USING CSV FORMAT FAILS WITH CLASSCASTEXCEPTION

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Interim Fix README for 7.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When attempting to export "Network Transactions" analytics data
  in CSV formation via the MobileFirst Operational Analytics
  console, the export operation fails.  Errors are logged in the
  analytics server log of the form:
  
  [1/14/16 16:25:11:355 EST] 000014b0 Export        E
  java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Boolean incompatible
  with com.ibm.json.java.JSONObject
   at
  com.ibm.mobile.analytics.server.rest.Export.getColumnsForCsv(Exp
  ort.java:225)
   at
  com.ibm.mobile.analytics.server.rest.Export.csvStringBuilder(Exp
  ort.java:142)
   at
  com.ibm.mobile.analytics.server.rest.Export.export(Export.java:8
  2)
   at
  com.ibm.mobile.analytics.server.rest.AdministrationResource.expo
  rt(AdministrationResource.java:658)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor152.invoke(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  AccessorImpl.java:56)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:620)
   at
  org.apache.wink.server.internal.handlers.InvokeMethodHandler.han
  dleRequest(InvokeMethodHandler.java:63)
  [ additional stack traceback follows ]
  

Local fix

• Data may be exported in JSON format, and then converted to CSV
  (using a third-party JSON-to-CSV conversion tool) if necessary.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of the analytics console who export network            *
  * transaction data as a CSV.                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When exporting network transaction data as a CSV from the    *
  * analytics console, format fails with a class cast exception. *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Users can now export transaction data as a CSV. Replace the two
  WAR files or EAR file in the analytics server and restart the
  server.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• 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

  MFPF/WORKLIGHT

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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