'PSP: Generate Effort Report - PDF' Concurrent Process Errors: "java.io.UTFDataFormatException: Invalid UTF8 encoding." (Doc ID 2958745.1)

Last updated on JUNE 30, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

PSPERPDF: PSP: Generate Effort Report PDF concurrent process completes with error status and the error is found in the log file.

ERROR
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java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Caused by: java.io.UTFDataFormatException: Invalid UTF8 encoding.

EffortReportCP::runProgram() - Exception while generating approver PDF:
java.lang.Exception: Error while preparing Initiator pdf: null
at oracle.apps.psp.effortreporting.EffortReportCP.runProgram(EffortReportCP.java:368)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run.main(Run.java:159)
java.lang.Exception: Error while generating approver PDF :Error while preparing Initiator pdf: null
java.lang.Exception: Error while generating approver PDF :Error while preparing Initiator pdf: null
at oracle.apps.psp.effortreporting.EffortReportCP.runProgram(EffortReportCP.java:457)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run.main(Run.java:159)
CP main completed runProgram for oracle.apps.psp.effortreporting.EffortReportCP

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

From Oracle Labor Distribution responsibility, run PSP: Create Effort Reports (Multi-Threaded) concurrent process

Navigate: Processes and Reports > Run > Single Request

Cause

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