Bug of the week: REP-52262 Diagnostic output is disabled when using reports server 11g on new installation

You may have noticed that when you have a new installation of reports 11.1.2.0 when you try to run a PDF report or even if you simply try to do a show jobs request you get the error REP-52262 Diagnostic output is disabled. It seems that in a new installation for security reasons diagnostic output from the URL is disabled by default.

If get this pesky REP-52262 error it is actually quite easy to resolve using these easy steps:

1) Backup the rwservlet.properties file located in %DOMAIN_HOME%configfmwconfigserversWLS_REPORTSapplicationsreports_11.1.2configuration

For example:

C:OracleMiddlewareuser_projectsdomainsFRMDomainconfigfmwconfigserversWLS_REPORTS

applicationsreports_11.1.2configuration

2) Then edit the rwservlet.properties file in notepad++

3) Search for the the lines

<!–webcommandaccess>L1</webcommandaccess–>

4) Remove them from comment so they will look like this

<webcommandaccess>L1</webcommandaccess>

5) Then change the value from L1 to L2

So it will look like this

<webcommandaccess>L2</webcommandaccess>

REP-52262

6) Save the file

7) Now all that’s left to do is to restart the WLS_REPORTS domain

This can be done either via:

1) The WebLogic EM console

2) The stop and startup scripts in program files of the server machine

After the WLS_REPORTS is restarted you will see it working!

A shout out to PITSS for helping resolve the issue.

REP-52262