Update to KNIME 2.3 > Problems with Report

KNIME Extensions Reporting
#1

Dear all,

I have just updated from KNIME 2.2.2 to KNIME 2.3, but I am unable to view the (old) reports as pdf or html.

Sometimes a window pops up asking if the report should be upgraded to the new version, but even then the following error message appears:

+ org.eclipse.birt.report.service.api.ReportServiceException: Error happened while running the report

What might be the reason?

Thank you very much for your help.

Jürgen

PS: I observed this on two different machines (both Windows XP)

PS2: DOC, XLS and PPT do not work either (same error)

PS3: New reports made within KNIME 2.3 seem to run smoothly 

#2

Hi Jürgen,

with KNIME 2.3 we upgraded to BIRT 2.6.1. which contains changes in the report file format. When opening old reports in the Report Designer they should be converted on-the-fly and saved in the new format.

Could you please have a look at the default_report.rptdesign file of an old report that doesn't work - it is located in your workflow directory - and post the first 3 lines of this file?

Dominik

#3

Thank you Dominik for your reply.

I have re-setup a part of the reports and found out that sometime an image might cause a problem, sometimes a copy-and-paste action results in an (that) error message.

I have to check other reports to find a problematic case.

Has with the upgrade the behaviour with respect to multi line strings changed? The new version shows (only) the first line of a text (retrieved from a MySQL database).

Best regards,

Jürgen

#4

Yes, that is possible. This thread at the birt exchange forum might be of interest for you. A possible workaround is also discussed there.

Dominik

#5

Thank you very much...

Indeed the thread in the BIRT forum was helpful. The (mentioned) combination of using a dynamic data field and the script is the right (but not perfect) direction. I have the impression that only the first CR/LF is replaced...

Best regards,

Jürgen

#6

Dear all,

I have tried a "Data" field and that has no difficulties with the CR/LF coming from the database.

Thank you very much and

all the best for 2011

 

Jürgen