D Troubleshooting

This appendix lists the probable issues you may encounter while installing, configuring, customizing, and adding a report to the BI Publisher. It contains the following topics:

• BIP Icon not Displayed Against Corresponding BIP Specific Fields in the Periodic Reporting Configuration

• BI Publisher Periodic report does not Execute from Argus UI

• Database Connection Errors

• BI Publisher Scheduled Report Output does not Show up

D.1 BIP Icon not Displayed Against Corresponding BIP Specific Fields in the Periodic Reporting Configuration

Alternately, BIP Aggregate Reporting does not show up under Reporting in Common Profile switches.

• Cause

  BI Publisher Periodic reports are not enabled.

  Solution

  On the Argus Console, navigate to System Configuration > Enabled Modules. Make sure that BIP Aggregate Reporting is checked.

  Figure D-1 BIP Aggregate Reporting Enabled

  
  Description of "Figure D-1 BIP Aggregate Reporting Enabled"
  
  

• Cause

  The page level cache is not refreshed.

  Solution

  Restart the IIS server.

D.2 BI Publisher Periodic report does not Execute from Argus UI

The BI Publisher Periodic reports do not run when invoked from the Argus UI. The status of the report remains Pending on the Background Reports screen.

• Cause

  The BIP Common user ID or password entered for the BIP Aggregate Reporting Common Profile Switch is wrong or empty.

  Solution

  Make sure there is a user ID present in the BIP Aggregate Reporting common profile switches. Verify that the user ID and password present in this switch can login to the BI Publisher. Also, make sure that the user ID has complete access to all reports.

• Cause

  The Report path in the REPORT_TEMPLATE is empty or has an incorrect path.

  Solution

  The Report path present in the code list REPORT_TEMPLATE must have a proper value. The value can be verified by comparing it against the actual report path in the BIP Publisher catalogs.

  Figure D-2 Verify Report Template Path

  
  Description of "Figure D-2 Verify Report Template Path"
  
  

• Cause

  The endpoint address present in the AGProc.config file is incorrect.

  Solution

  Confirm the following:

  • The endpoint address is present.

  • It points to the BI Publisher Server (including the port number).

  • No unnecessary space is present in the URL.

  • Services are properly mentioned—SecurityService is mapped against SecurityService, and ScheduleService is mapped against SchedulingService.

• Cause

  The Oracle DataAccess version present in the AGProc.config file is incorrect.

  Solution

  Refer to the Install guide and make sure the correct entry is provided.

• Cause

  Missing Argus UI user in the BI Publisher.

  Solution

  Make sure that the Argus UI user exists and is allowed to login and run the required reports.

D.3 Database Connection Errors

Cause

The BI Publisher report cannot utilize the JDBC provided.

Solution

Make sure the JDBC connection is in lowercase.

D.4 BI Publisher Scheduled Report Output does not Show up

Make sure:

• The report is scheduled and not open if run from the BI Publisher Console.

• The database job used for copying the report output is running correctly.

• The database link AS_TO_BIPREP is valid