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Intermittent error 'The process cannot access the file timerlog.txt because it is being used by another process' when running Excel Reports

Troubleshooting


Problem

User runs an Excel-based report in Cognos Controller. Intermittently, the user receives an error.

Symptom

Standard Error
Number : 57
Source: mscorlib
Description: The process cannot access the file 'c:\documents and settings\username\application data\cognos\CCR\timerlog.txt' because it is being used by another process.
[OK]

[{"Product":{"code":"SS9S6B","label":"IBM Cognos Controller"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Controller","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"8.3","Edition":"Edition Independent","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSMRTZ","label":"IBM Cognos Controller on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Historical Number

1036179

Document Information

More support for:
IBM Cognos Controller

Software version:
8.3

Operating system(s):
Windows

Document number:
123403

Modified date:
08 May 2025

UID

swg21371348

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