PK98013: Creating BIRT report fails with 'A BIRT exception occured:Error evaluating Javascript expression.....'

IBM Rational Quality Manager Version 2.0.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• 1.Run data warehouse 'update all snapshot data' first,
  2.Run the 'Defect arrival and resolution' trend report
  
  The following error message appear:
  Data (id = 321):
  + A BIRT exception occurred: Error evaluating Javascript express
  ion. Script engine error: Wrapped java.lang.NullPointerException
  Script source: {1}, line: 2, text:
  ?compiled script?. See next exception for more information.
  Error evaluating Javascript expression. Script engine error: Wra
  pped java.lang.NullPointerException
  Script source: {1}, line: 2, text:
  ?compiled script?
  data.engine.BirtException ( 1 time(s) )
  detail : org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.EngineException: A B
  IRT exception occurred: Error evaluating Javascript expression.
  Script engine error: Wrapped java.lang.NullPointerException
   Script source: {1}, line: 2, text:
  ?compiled script?. See next exception for more information.
  Error evaluating Javascript expression. Script engine error: Wra
  pped java.lang.NullPointerException
   Script source: {1}, line: 2, text:
  ?compiled script?
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ExecutionContext.add
  Exception(ExecutionContext.java:1121)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.ExecutionContext.add
  Exception(ExecutionContext.java:1085)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.executor.DataItemExecutor.exe
  cute(DataItemExecutor.java:100)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.dup.Suppres
  sDuplicateItemExecutor.execute(SuppressDuplicateItemExecutor.jav
  a:42)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.wrap.Wrappe
  dReportItemExecutor.execute(WrappedReportItemExecutor.java:45)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.internal.executor.l18n.Locali
  zedReportItemExecutor.execute(LocalizedReportItemExecutor.java:3
  3)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLBlockStacking
  LM.layoutNodes(HTMLBlockStackingLM.java:63)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLPageLM.layout
  (HTMLPageLM.java:90)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.layout.html.HTMLReportLayoutE
  ngine.layout(HTMLReportLayoutEngine.java:101)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunAndRenderTask.doR
  un(RunAndRenderTask.java:151)
   at org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.api.impl.RunAndRenderTask.run
  (RunAndRenderTask.java:72)
   at com.ibm.team.reports.service.birt.internal.BirtReportEngineS
  ervice.internalGetRenderedReport(BirtReportEngineService.java:66
  8)
   at com.ibm.team.reports.service.birt.internal.BirtReportEngineS
  ervice.getRenderedReport(BirtReportEngineService.java:297)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAcce
  ssorImpl.java:39)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMe
  thodAccessorImpl.java:37)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599)
   at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyService
  Record.invoke(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:378)
   at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyService
  Record.access$0(ExportProxyServiceRecord.java:364)
   at org.eclipse.soda.sat.core.internal.record.ExportProxyService
  Record$ExportedServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(ExportProxyServic
  eRecord.java:56)
   at $Proxy466.getRenderedReport(Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.team.reports.service.internal.InternalReportService.
  getRenderedReport(InternalReportService.java:1097)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethod
  
  RQM Development identified the cause of the problem: open the te
  st plan that the report based on, click on the test schedules, c
  ustomer does not have the 'actual end date', this cause the prob
  lem, after specify that date, this problem goes away.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Error messages were displayed by the Defect arrival and
  resolution trend report when a Test Plan had a Test Schedule
  entry that had an Actual Start date but no Actual End Date.
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem was resolved by setting the end time to be the
  same as the start time when no end time is specified.  The
  log file will reflect that no end date was set.
  

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

  RQM STD ED

• Fixed component ID

  5724V1001

Applicable component levels

• R200 PSN

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