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Reports fail to run that are saved in the external file system and get REP-API-1001 Repository error

Troubleshooting


Problem

Reports that are saved on the external file system cannot be accessed and this error is issued: REP-API-1001 Repository error.  

In the cogserver.log we found this:
DISP   6107   1   Audit.Other.dispatcher.DISP.com.cognos.pogo.services.DispatcherServices   configure   repositoryService      Failure   <messages><message><messageString>org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.format(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;</messageString></message></messages>   org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.format(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String; java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.format(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter.debug(Log4jLoggerAdapter.java:223)   
at net.sf.ehcache.config.ConfigurationFactory.parseConfiguration(ConfigurationFactory.java:73)   
at com.ibm.cognos.cm.repositoryService.cache.CacheProvider.configureEHCache(CacheProvider.java:194)   
at com.ibm.cognos.cm.repositoryService.cache.CacheProvider.setupCache(CacheProvider.java:124)   
at com.ibm.cognos.cm.repositoryService.cache.CacheProvider.configure(CacheProvider.java:74)   
at com.ibm.cognos.cm.repositoryService.RepositoryHandler.configure(RepositoryHandler.java:289)

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Modified date:
08 May 2025

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ibm10880757