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** Troubleshooting ** "An error occured while trying to access server" and "...Client found response content type of 'text/html', but expected 'text/xml'..." when launching Controller

Troubleshooting


Problem

User launches Controller, and splash screen starts. User receives error message, and cannot continue.

Symptom

An error occurred while trying to access the server.

Details:


Client found response content type of '', but expected 'text/xml
The request failed with an empty response.

[{"Product":{"code":"SS9S6B","label":"IBM Cognos Controller"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Controller","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.2.1","Edition":"","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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Modified date:
08 May 2025

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