QAAWS does not work after upgrade to BOXI R3.1

[Former Member]

We had BOXI R2 and Xcelsius 2008 and there were some refresh problem in Xcelsius which we understood would be fixed by upgrading to BOXI R3.1 fix pack 1.3. Therefore we have upgraded and one of the errors we have come across is that QAAWS no longer works, giving the following error:

java.lang.NullPointerException

The old queries would generate a URL that would show the WSDL, however if a new query is created the WSDL does not appear to be generated. Is this why QAAWS is not working or is there another reason?

Thanks for your help.

Jason

[Former Member]

Brian,

I understand that the URL provides a link to the WSDL, which then can be used within Xcelsius, but unfortunately when I use one of the new URLs within Xcelsius to try and 'Import' (using the data manager) I get an 'Unable to load URL' message. Hence my comments about the WSDL not being displayed and new URL format possibly causing the problems with the new and old queries?

Thanks for your help

Jason

[Former Member]

Brian,

I have the same view.

In BOXI R2 if you took the the URL and pasted it into internet explorer you would see the WSDL. In BOXI 3.1 this does not occur. A list of newly define queries, or queries that have been re-run in BOXI 3.1 are displayed. The list contains links, but navigating using these links does not display the WSDL.

I am not sure if not being able to see the WSDL is causing my problem but it would explain the 'null' error. I can also see that QAAWS now creates the URLs with a new format when compared to the BOXI R2 URLs, may be this is causing the problem?

Regards

Jason

[Former Member]

Jason,

That URL should be used directly in Xcelsius. That IS your WSDL URL. I was able to use that URL in Xcelsius to produce a dashboard.

You should be able to produce the same. I'm not familiar with any older versions of BOBJ / Xcelsius, so I may be missing the purpose of your question.

Hope that helps!

/Brian

[Former Member]

Brian,

I have tried re-creating the web service for an exisiting query in QaaWS after the upgrade and the new WSDL does not appear to be created (i.e. the same problem as creating a brand new query).

Regards

Jason

[Former Member]

That is interesting. When I open up QaaWS and select one of my web services, I can see the corresponding link on the right side.

It looks like this:

http://myxcelsius.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/qws_6.png

[Former Member]

In QaaWS, you should still see a URL generated for the web service. This is your WSDL URL. I'm running XI 3.1 and validated this yesterday.

Have you tried re-creating the web service in QaaWS since the upgrade?