CMS Snapshot Analysis - Run Analyzer - Fatal Error - Universal Analyzer - An exception occurred while searching for the substring

Purpose (problem description)

This page is a troubleshooting guide for Universal analysis failing with error An exception occurred while searching for the substring using a regular expression.

Observed in CAST AIP

ReleaseYes/No
8.3.x✅
8.2.x✅
8.1.x✅
8.0.x✅
7.3.x✅
7.2.x✅
7.0.x❌

Observed on RDBMS

RDBMSYes/No
Oracle Server✅
Microsoft SQL Server✅
CSS3✅
CSS2✅
CSS1❌

Step by Step scenario

  1. Configure UA job
  2. Run analysis and analysis fails with error

Action Plan

This error occurs if there are no regular expression in the LanguagePattern.xml matching the source code.

  1. Exclude the last processed file in the analysis log for which the error occurs.
  2. Re-run the analysis
  3. If the issue exists even after excluding the files then contact CAST Technical Support with relevant input.

Excluding that particular file causing the issue is only a Temporary Workaround.

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