Symptom
- Cannot use formula in Gantt chart
- Crystal Reports for enterprise crashes with the following error message:
"Crystal Reports has encountered an unexpected error and needs to close"
- Error details:
Java.lang.ClassCastException: com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.FormulaField cannot be cast to com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.IDBField - [CRSDK00001016]
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.FormulaField cannot be cast to com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.IDBField - [Internal Error UndoManagerL394]
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.FormulaField cannot be cast to com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.IDBField - [Internal Error ElementLookupsL494]
Environment
- Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4
Reproducing the Issue
- Create a new report
- Insert a Gantt chart in the report
- Create a test formula
- Drag and drop the formula in the label area of the chart
Cause
This has been identified as a potential bug and escalated to Product Group with reference number ADAPT01617691
Resolution
The issue will be addressed in patch 2.14 for BI 4
Keywords
Gant gantchart ganttchart gantt-chart close unexpectedly date field , KBA , BI-RA-CR-DSL , Crystal Reports on C++ Data Semantic Layer (ClassicUniverse) , Bug Filed