Facing NULL Pointer Exception in XMLP report

Question

Hi ,
We are develping a new report in XMLP. When we run the report , the request ends up in warning.
Below is the log content of the request.
I checked the conc pgm short code , template source code and the data definition code . All are in sync. But still the issue is not solved.
log file :
XDO Data Engine Version No: 5.6.3
Resp: 51322
Org ID : 22
Request ID: 189773324
All Parameters: P_BOOK=CORPORATE:P_DIVISION=TTT:P_PERIOD1=JAN-11:P_PERIOD2=JAN-11
Data Template Code: FA0CPAD_BIP
Data Template Application Short Name: SEAFA
Debug Flag: N
{P_PERIOD2=JAN-11, P_PERIOD1=JAN-11, P_DIVISION=TTT, P_BOOK=CORPORATE}
Calling XDO Data Engine...
[101812_082245358][][EXCEPTION] java.lang.NullPointerException
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataTemplateParser.GetNodeNumChildren(DataTemplateParser.java:345)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataTemplateParser.templateParser(DataTemplateParser.java:277)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.setDataTemplate(XMLPGEN.java:599)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataProcessor.setDataTemplate(DataProcessor.java:193)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.DataTemplate.<init>(DataTemplate.java:136)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.cp.JCP4XDODataEngine.runProgram(JCP4XDODataEngine.java:282)
     at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run.main(Run.java:161)
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0, Size: 0
     at com.sun.java.util.collections.ArrayList.RangeCheck(ArrayList.java:492)
     at com.sun.java.util.collections.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:306)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataTemplateParser.getParentDataSource(DataTemplateParser.java:1737)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeDefaultGroup(XMLPGEN.java:320)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeGroupStructure(XMLPGEN.java:279)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.processData(XMLPGEN.java:266)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.processXML(XMLPGEN.java:205)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeXML(XMLPGEN.java:237)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataProcessor.processData(DataProcessor.java:364)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.DataTemplate.processData(DataTemplate.java:236)
     at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.cp.JCP4XDODataEngine.runProgram(JCP4XDODataEngine.java:293)
     at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run.main(Run.java:161)
If anyone are aware of this error kindly help me.
Thanks
Antony.

Answer 1

Hi Jason,
Call any one of the methods
viewer.dispose(); or clientDoc.close();
Do not use both in BI 4.x version.
Test the same and let me know if it works.
Thanks,
Prithvi