Troubleshooting Publish Report plug-in issues

The Publish Report plug-in is used when you publish a BIRT report. The plug-in is executed when you publish the report either manually or when using a job scheduler.

Plug-in type

Publish Report is a Java-based Filter API plug-in.

AR System server connectivity

The AR System server interacts with the Publish Report plug-in by using the BMC Remedy AR System Java API. This plug-in requires BIRT Runtime, which is installed during the AR System server installation in the <ARInstallationFolder>\pluginsvr\birtruntime folder.

The plug-in arreportVerNum.jar and arreportingapiVerNum.jar ( — VerNum represents the release version number) is installed in the <ARInstallationFolder>\pluginsvr folder.

Configuration information

The configuration information of the Publish Report plug-in is available in the AR System Administration: Plugin Server Configuration form.

The AR System Administration: AR System Configuration Generic UI form includes the Server-Plugin-Alias parameter setting that points to the correct plug-in server alias.
Server-Plugin-Alias: ARSYS.ARF.PUBLISHREPORT ARSYS.ARF.PUBLISHREPORT myServer:9999

See Updating configuration settings by using the AR System Configuration Generic UI form, Configuring java plug-in servers and Setting plugin server configuration options.

To troubleshoot Publish Report plug-in issues

1. Verify the Publish Report plug-in configuration.
2. Troubleshoot common plug-in related issues.
   For more information, see General approach for troubleshooting plug-in issues.
3. If you need to investigate the issue further, enable the following logs:
   • Server side logs. For more information, see Enabling server-side AR System logs.
   • Plug-in specific logs. For more information, see To enable logs for the Publish Report plug-in.

To enable logs for the Publish Report plug-in

1. In a browser, open the BMC Remedy AR System Administration Console, and click System > General > Plugin Server Configuration.

2. On the Plugin Server Configuration form, from the Plugin Server Instance list, select the instance for which you want to enable logs.
3. Select the Plugin Server Configuration tab.
4. In the Logging Configurations area, from the Log Level list, select DEBUG.
5. Click Apply. 
   The arjavaplugin.log file now generates the debug logs for the Publish Report plug-in.

Related topic

Enabling plug-ins