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BIP Report With Output Format PDF Fails With Error While Rendering Page (Doc ID 2799296.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Applies to:

BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) - Version 12.2 to 12.2 [Release 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When running a BIP report with output format PDF, error occurs while rendering pages.  when the o/p format is set to be PDF, the following error occurs. The same report runs successfully when the output format is HTML or RTF.

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Log into Analytics - Dashboard.
2. Report Runs -> Export to PDF
3. PDF export errors when exporting with following info on log

ERROR
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Changes

The XML contains lot of special characters.
Having very long content in a single cell would reproduce this issue

Cause

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