Report Generator - Generate Reports with CLI - Warning - Cast Util Log LogHelper null

Purpose

This page gives details about the below warning -

Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior

When a report is generated using the CLI Utitlity, a log is generated on the CMD Console which provides the details of the processing/generation of report.

Below you can see the screenshot of the command which is used to generate the report using CLI:

Meanwhile, there are some warnings that are generated on the console itself. They are shown in the block below:

6001 [1] INFO  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Opening 'C:\Users\Guest\AppData\Local\Cast\ReportGenerator\~1-Powerpoint-components-library_0122_172743.pptx'...
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7648 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7648 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8629 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8630 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8630 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8631 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8631 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8632 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
9242 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.
9243 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.
9243 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.
9244 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.

The usage of this CLI is described in the document: Using CLI to generate reports.

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Details

When a report is generated using the CLI Utitlity, a log is generated on the CMD Console which provides the details of the processing/generation of report.Meanwhile, there are some warnings that are generated on the console itself. They are shown in the block below:

6001 [1] INFO  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Opening 'C:\Users\Guest\AppData\Local\Cast\ReportGenerator\~1-Powerpoint-components-library_0122_172743.pptx'...
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7647 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7648 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
7648 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8629 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8630 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8630 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8631 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8631 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
8632 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - More cells that defined content 
9242 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.
9243 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.
9243 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.
9244 [1] WARN  Cast.Util.Log.LogHelper (null) - Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behavior.

The above mentioned warnings can be seenĀ  in the logs of Report Generator (To find the logs, please refer to CAST Management Studio - Information - How to find logs) and they also appear on the CLI Console screen.

Some of these warnings might suggest that these warnings can cause or create abnormal behavior but they are expected to come while using the CLI Utility to generate reports.

The below two warnings do not cause any inconsistency in the reports and there is no abnormal behaviour caused because of these warnings:

  1. More cells that defined content.

  2. Target Text empty for Shared String, this can create abnormal behaviour.

The reports that are generated through CLI will have the exact same data in them similar to a report generated through Report Generator GUI.

Notes/comments

Ticket # 4457

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