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Troubleshooting
Problem
In Cognos Analytics (CA 11.1.x), when uploading the theme. It loads for long time and upload task does not finish. The upload error needs to be hidden or cancelled.
Symptom
In cognosserver.log, the error is seen:
GLS-JSN-0001 Error parsing JSON string from spec.json
com.ibm.ba.glass.exception.JSONFormatException: GLS-JSN-0001 Error parsing JSON string from spec.json.
at com.ibm.ba.glass.loader.FSBaseLoader.validate(FSBaseLoader.java:206) ~[ba_glass_server_core-11.1.5-19111111.jar:11.1.5-19111111]
at com.ibm.ba.glass.loader.FSBaseLoader.getSpecFromZip(FSBaseLoader.java:157) ~[ba_glass_server_core-11.1.5-19111111.jar:11.1.5-19111111]
at com.ibm.ba.glass.loader.FSThemeLoader.getRawSpec(FSThemeLoader.java:192) ~[ba_glass_server_core-11.1.5-19111111.jar:11.1.5-19111111]
at com.ibm.ba.glass.loader.FSBaseLoader.validate(FSBaseLoader.java:206) ~[ba_glass_server_core-11.1.5-19111111.jar:11.1.5-19111111]
at com.ibm.ba.glass.loader.FSBaseLoader.getSpecFromZip(FSBaseLoader.java:157) ~[ba_glass_server_core-11.1.5-19111111.jar:11.1.5-19111111]
at com.ibm.ba.glass.loader.FSThemeLoader.getRawSpec(FSThemeLoader.java:192) ~[ba_glass_server_core-11.1.5-19111111.jar:11.1.5-19111111]
........
.......
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:812) [?:2.9 (04-17-2019)]
Caused by: com.ibm.ba.glass.validation.JsonSchemaValidationException: fatal: err.common.pattern.noMatch
level: "fatal"
schema: {"loadingURI":"#","pointer":"/properties/name"}
instance: {"pointer":"/name"}
domain: "validation"
keyword: "pattern"
regex: "[a-zA-Z0-9\\p{L}_ ]+$"
string: "IBM-Light"
Caused by: com.ibm.ba.glass.validation.JsonSchemaValidationException: fatal: err.common.pattern.noMatch
level: "fatal"
schema: {"loadingURI":"#","pointer":"/properties/name"}
instance: {"pointer":"/name"}
domain: "validation"
keyword: "pattern"
regex: "[a-zA-Z0-9\\p{L}_ ]+$"
string: "IBM-Light"
Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
More support for:
IBM Cognos Analytics
Component:
x REASSIGNMENT Administration and Configuration->Customization
Software version:
All Versions
Operating system(s):
Windows
Document number:
6173613
Modified date:
06 May 2025
UID
ibm16173613