Tibco BW Error "Exception in parse eval: [Ljava.lang.Object;@****]"

Issue: Exception in parse eval: [Ljava.lang.Object;@124bf39b

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Complete Error:

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>

<ns0:ErrorReport xmlns:ns0 = "http://www.tibco.com/pe/EngineTypes">

<StackTrace>Job-6000 Error in [Processes/ABC.process/Header Group/RenderE1EDL20]

Exception in parse eval: [Ljava.lang.Object;@124bf39b.

at com.tibco.plugin.parse.RenderActivity.eval(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.plugin.Activity.eval(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.TaskImpl.eval(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.Job.a(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.Job.k(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.JobDispatcher$JobCourier.a(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.JobDispatcher$JobCourier.run(Unknown Source)

caused by: java.io.IOException

at com.tibco.plugin.parse.RenderActivity.eval(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.plugin.Activity.eval(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.TaskImpl.eval(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.Job.a(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.Job.k(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.JobDispatcher$JobCourier.a(Unknown Source)

at com.tibco.pe.core.JobDispatcher$JobCourier.run(Unknown Source)

</StackTrace>

<Msg>Exception in parse eval: [Ljava.lang.Object;@124bf39b.</Msg>

<FullClass>com.tibco.plugin.parse.BadDataFormatException</FullClass>

<Class>BadDataFormatException</Class>

<ProcessStack>Processes/ABC/ABC.process/REST Dispatch and Reply>Processes/ABC/ABC.process/ABC Group/SegmentCreation_ABC>Processes/ABC/ABC.process/Header Group/RenderE1EDL20</ProcessStack>

<MsgCode>BW-PARSE-100002</MsgCode>

<Data>

<BadDataFormatException>

<msg>Exception in parse eval: [Ljava.lang.Object;@124bf39b.</msg>

<msgCode>BW-PARSE-100002</msgCode>

</BadDataFormatException>

</Data>

</ns0:ErrorReport>

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Resolution:

Go to the Data Format and check the Field Offsets. There will be some fields for which the start and end is not defined. Define the start and end positions properly and test again.

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Details:

The error defines that there is an issue with the data format. So check the data format definition. For me some new fields got added in SAP which were fetched when I refreshed the schema on upgrading the code. For these fields, start and end were zero so it caused this error.

So this occurs when new fields get added in data format schema for which the start and end is not defined. This may happen when we refresh SAP schema and some new fields are added at sap end which are not known to us. While upgrading as well some new fields may get added that are not required for business but are there in SAP and can get added to data format.

So set the fields with proper line length, start and end and your issue will be resolved.

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Note: If you see this error in any other case then do share the details with me . :-)

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