Error message with Eclipe 2020-06 since updating to latest SAP Development Tools version

[florian_wiedemann]

Hi,

I'm using Eclipse 2020-06 and updated to the latest version of the SAP Development Tools plugin.

After the update I see now the following error message when I start Eclipse.

In the Eclipse logfile .log I see the following error message:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.jobs 4 0 2020-07-15 17:02:45.692
!MESSAGE init exec providers default locations
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.core.jobs 4 2 2020-07-15 17:02:45.692
!MESSAGE An internal error occurred during: "GRUNT default location".
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sap.xst4e.exttools.exec.GruntExecProvider.getGlobalInstLocation(GruntExecProvider.java:104)
at com.sap.xst4e.exttools.exec.GruntExecProvider.getDefaultLocation(GruntExecProvider.java:42)
at com.sap.xst4e.exttools.internal.PreferenceInitializer.lambda$8(PreferenceInitializer.java:125)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job$2.run(Job.java:185)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63)

Please fix it.

Kind regards

Florian

[florian_wiedemann]

Eclipse does not show any available update for the SAP Develpoment Tools but I still get the error message when starting Eclipse 2020-06.

Which version of the SAP Development Tools actually fixes this error exactly?

[ThFiedler · Accepted solution]

Hi community,

we found an issue in the area of CAP tooling. Fix will be provided asap.

Sorry for that.

Regards,

Thomas.

[jakobflaman · Accepted solution]

Thx Thomas!

[former_member1231495 · Accepted solution]

Hello Thomas,

Can you please confirm if this issue is already fixed ? I'm getting this error still in my system.

Thanks & Regards,

Praveenkumar RAdjacoumare.

[markus_ofterdinger · Accepted solution]

Hi, this issue is caused by the SAP Cloud Business Application Tools. A fixed version is available on this update site: https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/2021-09/

With this version installed, I don't get this NullPointerException anymore. If you don't use the SAP Cloud Business Application Tools, you can also uninstall this feature as a workaround.

Thanks,

Markus

[former_member425121]

Hello

I'm facing the same error installing Eclipse 2019-12 , when i add the related SAP Tools (https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/2019-12) it appears that same message.

Does some body knows how to solve it ? Thanks.

Regards

[jperezs]

Hi,

Today I updated my Abap Tools in eclipse 2020-06 and the error is gone 🙂

Regards,

Jonatan

[jdloranger]

I’ll add a ditto to the above.

[rafael_cabral]

Hello! I was facing this same issue after a eclipse update, and after removed the SAP Cloud Business Application Tools got a fix.

The step by step:

1. Help > Install new software.
2. Select the Hana Tools repository (I Don't think this is really necessary, but I did it when got the fix)
3. Click on the link "What is already installed"
4. In the new window that shows off, search for "SAP Cloud Business Application Tools", select it (make sure you are selecting the root folder) and click on Uninstall

It worked for me, hope it can help.

[rafael_cabral]

Obs: I dont use it to connect in a Cloud System, so I did not tried to reinstall it.

[former_member359036]

Hi guys,

I´m remove Java Tools and set options workspace as default on start, for me It worked!

[thomas_lober1]

Same error on my installation, since I upgraded to 2020.06. Waiting for a bug-fix, as this is not the way software should be tested and released to customers.

[apisciotta]

Same problem here. I'm considering rolling back to version 2020-03. 😞

[thomas_prock]

Hi,

presumably rollback won't work as the error also appears in 2019-12 incl. all available updates.

[apisciotta]

Hi Thomas,

The rollback actually worked for me. It's just a temporary workaround of course, I'm waiting for the fix.

I hope to return to 2020-06 soon. ^^

Regards

[vincenzocappelluti]

same here on my Eclipse 2020.06. Any solution?

[jonathan_waterhouse]

I have the same issue.

I have Eclipse 2020-06 installed and the SAP BW and ABAP tools. I originally installed Eclipse 2020-03 and associated SAP development components (defined here https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/). Eclipse auto updated Eclipse to 2020-06 (and the BW and ABAP dev tools?). My impression is that the problem started at this point.

It does not seem to have any impact on my further operations after logged into a specific SAP project.

[brinkwc]

Consider voting the question up if you have the same issue.

[laurens_cleyman]

Exactly the same problem here. 🙂