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R12 BI Publisher reports with graph included fail with error "String index out of range: -1" (Doc ID 1251964.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 28, 2023

Applies to:

BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) - Version 5.6.3 to 5.6.3 [Release 5]
BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) - Version 10.1.3.4.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On Oracle Applications 12.0.x with 64Bit OS:
After creating RTF template that include dynamic graph based on runtime data and attaching it to a report then run that report it is failing with the following error.

ERROR
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[060410_015927440][][EXCEPTION] java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java:686)
at oracle.apps.xdo.common.encoding.Base64Util.decode(Base64Util.java:54)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.elements.FOInstreamForeignObject.end(FOInstreamForeignObject.java:71)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.FOHandler.endElement(FOHandler.java:455)
at oracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTMerger.endElement(XSLTMerger.java:69)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLContentHandler.endElement(XMLContentHandler.java:210)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseElement(NonValidatingParser.java:1295)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseRootElement(NonValidatingParser.java:336)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseDocument(NonValidatingParser.java:303)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:206)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.FOProcessingEngine.process(FOProcessingEngine.java:307)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.generate(FOProcessor.java:1045)
at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.runProcessTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:5926)
at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3458)
at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3547)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.XMLPublisherProcessor.process(XMLPublisherProcessor.java:259)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPRequestThread.run(OPPRequestThread.java:172)


But when testing the same template along with XML data file on BIP Desktop 10.1.3.4.1, the generated output as PDF is working perfectly with no error.

Changes

 

Cause

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