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Problem Note 37680: ERROR: "An error occurred processing the requested group break information" occurs in SAS® Web Report Studio
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In SAS Web Report Studio, you might see the following error message when attempting to add a group break to a report.
An error occurred processing the requested group break information
When you click OK, your group break selections are reset to back to None.
In addition, the SAS Web Report Studio log will contain an error similar to the following.
com.sas.apps.citation.model.rom2.bygroups.CitationByGroups - Fail to set group page break java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: An improper type of object was specified as input: com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.impl.DataSelectionImpl. Only objects of the following types are supported: com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.impl.LookThroughDataSelectionImpl.
at com.sas.iquery.metadata.impl.Utils.ensureProperArgumentType(Utils.java:529)
at com.sas.iquery.metadata.impl.Utils.ensureProperArgumentTypes(Utils.java:547)
at com.sas.iquery.metadata.business.impl.DataSelectionImpl.insertNewChild(DataSelectionImpl.java:411)
at com.sas.apps.citation.model.rom2.bygroups.CitationByGroups.addByGroup(CitationByGroups.java:1110)
at com.sas.apps.citation.model.rom2.bygroups.CitationByGroups.updateByGroups(CitationByGroups.java:849)
at com.sas.apps.citation.view.beans.reportbuilder.BuilderGroupBreaksDialogFormBean.commit(BuilderGroupBreaksDialogFormBean.java:911)
at com.sas.apps.citation.controller.action.reportbuilder.BuilderGroupBreaksDialogAction.closeDialog(BuilderGroupBreaksDialogAction.java:137)
at com.sas.apps.citation.controller.action.CitationDialogAction.doPerform(CitationDialogAction.java:176)
at com.sas.apps.citation.controller.action.CitationAction._execute(CitationAction.java:191)
at com.sas.apps.citation.controller.action.CitationAction.execute(CitationAction.java:166)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425)
[ 58 lines suppressed ]This problem occurs when the information map that is being used in the report includes BI row-level permissions (see About BI Row-Level Permissions).
As a workaround, you can perform the following steps:
- Temporarily remove the security filter from the information map.
- Edit the report to add the group breaks.
- Save the report.
- Add the security filter back to the information map.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Web Report Studio | z/OS | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 4.2 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||