Re-generating Report Elements UUIDs in Older Version Of Studio

Issue Description

User hit an issue related to using the same elements UUIDs in a report:

https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/unable-export-report-server-due-elements-same-uuids

As noted in the article, to fix the issue report element's UUID should be re-generated using Refactor > Reset UUIDs menu

But the user uses an older version TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio (v.6.4.21) where there is no such menu.

He tried to use TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio version 7.5.0 but there was a compatibility issue with it.

What can be done in this case?

Resolution

Reset UUIDs feature was introduced in a later version of Studio (v.7.2.0) and, in general, reports are not backward compatible.

What could be done to get around the restriction:

1. Open Studio v.7.5, do not open the report

2. Go to Window > Preferences > Jaspersoft Studio > Compatibility menu

3. Select 'JasperReports 6.4.0' version in Version drop-down list

4. Open the report in question, reset UUIDs and save the changes.

5. Open the modified report in Studio v.6.4.21

AS-20200617, case 01862405