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Access to the Rational Rhapsody Modeling perspective in Eclipse results in "Problems opening perspective" error

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to access the IBM Rational Rhapsody Modeling perspective using the Eclipse Platform integration results in the error "Problems opening perspective: 'com.ibm.rational.rhapsody.platformintegration.ui.perspectives.RhapsodyPerspective'".

Symptom

The following error occurs when accessing the Rhapsody Modeling perspective from Eclipse:

Cause

You are using a 64 bit version of Eclipse which is not supported.

Resolving The Problem

Reinstall a 32 bit version of Eclipse and Install the Platform Integration plugins.

This will ensure a working Platform Integration and allow you to open the Rhapsody Modeling perspective successfully.

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Product Synonym

Rational Rhapsody

Document Information

Modified date:
27 May 2022

UID

swg21638204