PH13578: BIRT REPORTS ARE NOT RUNNING WHEN USING RATIONAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT DESIGNER 9.7

Rational Software Architect Designer 9.7.0.1
Rational Software Architect Designer for WebSphere Software 9.7.0.1
Rational Software Architect Designer 9.7.0.2
Rational Software Architect Designer for WebSphere Software 9.7.0.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• You may encounter an issue when attempting to preview a simple
  BIRT report in a Web Viewer (or any other format) when using
  RSAD 9.7. When invoking the ⠜report preview⠝ functionality
  in RSAD 9.7, the following stack trace might be observed in the
  workspace .log file:
  
  =====
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.javautil 1 800 2019-05-21
  08:02:39.764
  !MESSAGE Logging initialized @693622ms to
  org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.JavaUtilLog
  
  !ENTRY
  org.eclipse.jetty.osgi.boot.internal.serverfactory.DefaultJettyA
  tJettyHomeHelper 2 900 2019-05-21 08:02:39.854
  !MESSAGE No default jetty created.
  
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server 1 800 2019-05-21
  08:02:40.009
  !MESSAGE jetty-9.4.5.v20170502
  
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager 2 900
  2019-05-21 08:02:40.150
  !MESSAGE Unable to reach node goal: started
  !STACK 0
  java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.eclipse.jetty.util.Decorator
  ...
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
  org.eclipse.jetty.util.Decorator cannot be found by
  org.eclipse.jetty.servlet_9.4.5.v20170502
  	at
  org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(
  BundleLoader.java:484)
  	at
  org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLo
  ader.java:395)
  	at
  org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLo
  ader.java:387)
  	at
  org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(Mod
  uleClassLoader.java:150)
  	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:852)
  	... 93 more
  =====
  
  The issue is believed to be related to Eclipse bugzilla 517662
  (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=517662 );
  however, the solution provided here cannot be applied directly
  to RSAD.
  

Local fix

• There is no known workaround at this time.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * You may encounter an issue when attempting to preview a      *
  * simple                                                       *
  * BIRT report in a Web Viewer.                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Preview of a simple BIRT report in a Web Viewer will be opened
  without any issue.
  

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

  RATL SW ARCHITE

• Fixed component ID

  5725A3000

Applicable component levels

• R970 PSY

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