Resolution:
Description:
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Exception thrown when trying to open the global variables (GV) view window in TIBCO BusinessEvents Studio.

Environment:
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TIBCO BusinessEvents 5.x
All Operating Systems


Symptoms:
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The following exception is thrown in the Studio log:

Unable to create view ID com.tibco.cep.studio.ui.views.GlobalVariablesView: An unexpected exception was thrown.

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.tibco.cep.studio.ui.views.GlobalVariablesView.getRootInput(Unknown Source)
    at com.tibco.cep.studio.ui.views.GlobalVariablesView.createPartControl(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:371)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:230)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:594)
    at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.openView(ShowViewHandler.java:148)
    at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.openOther(ShowViewHandler.java:109)
    at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.execute(ShowViewHandler.java:77)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:281)
    at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)
    at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:508)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommand(HandlerService.java:169)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SlaveHandlerService.executeCommand(SlaveHandlerService.java:247)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ShowViewMenu$3.run(ShowViewMenu.java:134)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:583)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:500)
    at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1003)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3823)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3422)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2384)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2348)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2200)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:495)
    at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:288)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:490)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:113)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:193)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:386)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:549)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236)



Cause:
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Missing files and empty directories project folder of global variables.


Resolution:
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Remove the project from workspace.

Delete all folders in project directory defaultVars which are empty (file defaultVars.substvar missing).

Reimport the project.