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1729896 - BI4.0 Error: Null in Web Intelligence report while applying SUM in both direction of the cross tab.

Symptom

Null error when applying sum in 'both directions' or 'at the end of row' on a crosstab created in Web Intelligence(WebI).

Error details:

Java.lang.NullPointerException
 at com.businessobjects.rebean.wi.toolbox.calculation.CalculationCreator.setCalculation(CalculationCreator.java:124)
 at com.businessobjects.rebean.wi.toolbox.calculation.CalculationCreator.addCalculationInBodyFooterZone(CalculationCreator.java:376)
 at com.businessobjects.rebean.wi.toolbox.calculation.CalculationCreator.internalAddCalculation(CalculationCreator.java:556)
 at com.businessobjects.rebean.wi.toolbox.calculation.CalculationCreator.addCalculation(CalculationCreator.java:526)
 at com.businessobjects.rebean.wi.toolbox.impl.services.CalculationHelperImpl.addCalculation(CalculationHelperImpl.java:196)
 at com.sap.webi.ui.tasks.reporting.AddRemoveCalculationTask.addRemoveCalculation(AddRemoveCalculationTask.java:206)
 at com.sap.webi.ui.tasks.reporting.AddRemoveCalculationTask.doIt(AddRemoveCalculationTask.java:112)
 at com.sap.webi.ui.tasks.reporting.AddRemoveCalculationTask.doIt(AddRemoveCalculationTask.java:40)
 at com.sap.webi.toolkit.ui.tasks.WebITask.doInBackground(WebITask.java:113)
 at javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
 at javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)


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Environment

  • SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 SP02 Patch 15 and Patch 16
  • Server Operating System: Windows server 2008 R2

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0

Keywords

Row level SUM, Crosstab error , KBA , BI-RA-WBI , Web Intelligence , Problem

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