PH61604: COGNOS FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE FAILS WITH UNHANDLED EXCEPTION WHEN SELECTING OUTPUTS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a report with multiple outputs is opened in Cognos for
  Microsoft Office and an output is select from dropdown, it fails
  with unhandled exception error:
  
  Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your
  application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore
  this error and attempt to continue.
  
  CM-REQ-4158 The search path is invalid. An object may contain
  invalid syntax, or an unsupported character, or the user account
  in the namespace may not have sufficient privileges.
  Check the object to ensure that the target destination location
  does not contain special characters.
  CM-REQ-4073 Search path contains invalid token 0.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

• Code Fix
  

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

  COGNOS ANALYTIC

• Fixed component ID

  5724W12XX

Applicable component levels