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.

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