NPE when creating and deploying a new report

Hi, I've been going through the 'Creating and Deploying a new Report'
wiki page and got to step 7 of the 'Creating the Report' section.
When I press the Finish button nothing happens. I have this NPE in the
.log file:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2008-09-24 17:22:15.171
!MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:632)
at java.util.Properties.setProperty(Properties.java:163)
at
com.ibm.team.reports.ide.ui.oda.internal.wizards.GenericDataSetWizardPage.collectDataSetDesign(GenericDataSetWizardPage.java:194)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardPageCore.finishDataSetDesign(DataSetWizardPageCore.java:368)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardBase.collectDataSetDesignFromPage(DataSetWizardBase.java:333)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardBase.finishDataSetDesign(DataSetWizardBase.java:356)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardBase.performFinish(DataSetWizardBase.java:81)

at
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.finishPressed(WizardDialog.java:742)
at
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.buttonPressed(WizardDialog.java:373)
at
org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog$2.widgetSelected(Dialog.java:618)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:227)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3682)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3293)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:820)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:796)
at
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.actions.NewDataSetAction.createNewDataSet(NewDataSetAction.java:157)

at
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.actions.NewDataSetAction.run(NewDataSetAction.java:142)

at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498)
at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:546)

at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:490)

at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:402)

at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3682)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3293)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at
org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)

at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at
org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)

at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:169)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)

at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:508)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:447)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1173)

Any ideas, or should I go direct to the BIRT project?

https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/ReportsCreatingANewReport

Thanks,
Jeremy

I believe you are running into the issue described here:
https://jazz.net/jazz/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/60923


Hope that helps!

-James
Jazz Install Team

Jeremy Hughes wrote:
Hi, I've been going through the 'Creating and Deploying a new Report'
wiki page and got to step 7 of the 'Creating the Report' section.
When I press the Finish button nothing happens. I have this NPE in the
.log file:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2008-09-24 17:22:15.171
!MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:632)
at java.util.Properties.setProperty(Properties.java:163)
at
com.ibm.team.reports.ide.ui.oda.internal.wizards.GenericDataSetWizardPage.collectDataSetDesign(GenericDataSetWizardPage.java:194)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardPageCore.finishDataSetDesign(DataSetWizardPageCore.java:368)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardBase.collectDataSetDesignFromPage(DataSetWizardBase.java:333)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardBase.finishDataSetDesign(DataSetWizardBase.java:356)

at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSetWizardBase.performFinish(DataSetWizardBase.java:81)

at
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.finishPressed(WizardDialog.java:742)

at
org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.buttonPressed(WizardDialog.java:373)

at
org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog$2.widgetSelected(Dialog.java:618)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:227)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3682)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3293)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:820)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:796)
at
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.actions.NewDataSetAction.createNewDataSet(NewDataSetAction.java:157)

at
org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.actions.NewDataSetAction.run(NewDataSetAction.java:142)

at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498)
at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:546)

at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:490)

at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:402)

at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3682)
at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3293)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at
org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)

at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)

at
org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)

at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:169)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)

at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)

at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at
org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:508)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:447)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1173)

Any ideas, or should I go direct to the BIRT project?

https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/ReportsCreatingANewReport

Thanks,
Jeremy