RS03938: PASTE SPECIAL IN A DECISION TABLE USING RULE DESIGNER DOES NOT PASTE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using paste special to copy multiple rows from an Excel
  document to a decision table in Rule Designer, the paste
  operation does not work and the following exception message is
  displayed in the Rule Designer Console:
  
  Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"
  java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.ibm.icu.text.DateFormat
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.model.provider.parsing.IlrDTParserHelper
  .<clinit>(IlrDTParserHelper.java:57)
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.cre
  ateExpression(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:519)
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.model.provider.IlrDTDataProviderCSV.past
  ePartitionItem(IlrDTDataProviderCSV.java:284)
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.pas
  tePartitionItem(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:213)
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.ins
  ert(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:307)
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.ins
  ert(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:280)
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.copy.IlrDTCopyManager.paste(IlrDTCopyMan
  ager.java:338)
   
        at ilog.rules.dt.copy.IlrDTCopyManager.doPasteSpecial(Ilr
  DTCopyManager.java:287)
   
        at ilog.rules.dtable.ui.dialog.IlrDTPasteDialog.apply(Ilr
  DTPasteDialog.java:160)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users editing decision tables in Rule Designer.              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When using paste special to copy multiple rows from an Excel *
  * document to a decision table in Rule Designer, the paste     *
  * operation does not work and the following exception message  *
  * is                                                           *
  * displayed in the Rule Designer Console:                      *
  *                                                              *
  * Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"                       *
  * java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.ibm.icu.text.DateFormat  *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.model.provider.parsing.IlrDTParserHelper       *
  * .<clinit>(IlrDTParserHelper.java:57)                         *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.cre       *
  * ateExpression(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:519)              *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.model.provider.IlrDTDataProviderCSV.past       *
  * ePartitionItem(IlrDTDataProviderCSV.java:284)                *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.pas       *
  * tePartitionItem(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:213)            *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.ins       *
  * ert(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:307)                        *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.model.helper.IlrDTDataProviderHelper.ins       *
  * ert(IlrDTDataProviderHelper.java:280)                        *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.copy.IlrDTCopyManager.paste(IlrDTCopyMan       *
  * ager.java:338)                                               *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dt.copy.IlrDTCopyManager.doPasteSpecial(Ilr       *
  * DTCopyManager.java:287)                                      *
  *                                                              *
  *       at                                                     *
  * ilog.rules.dtable.ui.dialog.IlrDTPasteDialog.apply(Ilr       *
  * DTPasteDialog.java:160)                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The paste action now succeeds.
  

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

  WDS FOR RULES

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6903

Applicable component levels