Symptom

The Performance Analyzer (PAL) is a collection of counters and timer readings that a developer can use to analyze performance in a system. You can access PAL from the Developer Portal by selecting Run > Performance.

When you access this tool, the Performance Summary window appears below your main window and the following message displays:

Gathering performance data .. please wait

In some instances, this message remains on your screen and the performance data does not appear. In this case, the following error appears in the log file:

com.pega.pegarules.pub.PRRuntimeException
Illegal characters detected in the path"/StaticContent/personal/73e3b096647a213a419e210d19ca52ea/8ss5droqenscigegcb_2dgvg%5b*%2f!developer". You may not use ", ?, *, <, >, |,
PegaRULES 5.2 General Availability (v52_relcand_0044)
com.pega.pegarules.pub.PRRuntimeException: Illegal characters detected
in the path"/StaticContent/personal/73e3b096647a213a419e210d19ca52ea/8ss5droqenscigegcb_2dgvg%5b*%2f!developer". You may not use ", ?, *, <, >, |, :
at com.pega.pegarules.priv.storage.StorageUtils.getFile(StorageUtils.java(C
ompiled Code))
at com.pega.pegarules.pub.util.PRFile.(PRFile.java(Compiled Code))
at com.pega.pegarules.web.staticcontent.StaticContentClient.serveFile(Stati
cContentClient.java:703)
at com.pega.pegarules.web.staticcontent.StaticContentClient.retrieveFile(St
aticContentClient.java:556)
at com.pega.pegarules.web.impl.WebStandardImpl.runStaticContentRequest(WebS
tandardImpl.java:812)
at com.pega.pegarules.web.impl.WebStandardImpl.doPost(WebStandardImpl.java:
156)
at com.pega.pegarules.web.servlet.WebStandard.doPost(WebStandard.java:87)
at com.pega.pegarules.web.servlet.WebStandard.doGet(WebStandard.java:76)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:743)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.ja
va:1282)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrap
per.java:673)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheS
ervletWrapper.java:80)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1802)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:8 4)
at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscriminatio
n(HttpInboundLink.java:469)
at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformatio
n(HttpInboundLink.java:408)
at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLi
nk.java:286)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscr
iminaters(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:201)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(Ne
wConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:103)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.WorkQueueManager.requestComplete(WorkQueueMa
nager.java:566)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.WorkQueueManager.attemptIO(WorkQueueManager.
java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.WorkQueueManager.workerRun(WorkQueueManager.
java:952)
at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.WorkQueueManager$Worker.run(WorkQueueManager
.java:1039)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java(Compiled Code))
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal characters
detected in the path
"/StaticContent/personal/73e3b096647a213a419e210d19ca52ea/8ss5droqenscig
egcb_2dgvg%5b*%2f!developer". You may not use ", ?, *, <, >, |, :
at com.pega.pegarules.priv.storage.StorageUtils.normalizeRelativePath(Stora
geUtils.java(Compiled Code))
at com.pega.pegarules.storage.FileStorageManager.getFile(FileStorageManager
.java(Compiled Code))
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor30.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor
Impl.java(Compiled Code))
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java(Compiled Code))
... 25 more

Solution

Workaround

To work around this issue, adjust your preferences to open the Performance tool in a separate window, as follows:

1. Select Edit > Preferences to display the Desktop Preferences dialog:
   
   
2. Select Tools from the left-hand tree control; the Tools Preferences appear on the right:
   
   
3. Select the Performance check box.
4. Click Save; the dialog closes saving your changes.