Error "A string can be at most 65534 characters long" when generating Evaluation Results Asset View based report

Products

• Control Compliance Suite Windows

Issue/Introduction

When using the Evaluation Results Asset View report template to report on an evaluation of a standard containing OS  Patch information an error is generated and no report is created.

"A string can be at most 65534 characters long.

Details:
errorKin Error in File ReportTemplate {C09D4E77-591C-4600-B490-26E55DCEEDAE}.rpt:Error n formula  DisplayChecks: 'WhilePrintingRecords;A string can be at most 65534 characters long. Details: errorKind"

Cause

Defect in report template causing a field overflow.

Resolution

PCU 2012-1 contains a fix for this issue.  Application of this PCU should resolve this issue.

Applies To

Windows installation of R&A with 10.5.1 and PCU 2011-3 or 2011-4. Issue is installation platform OS independent.