Thanks for your responses and help. This issue got resolved after a fresh install of AOD from scratch and setting up the Reporting parameters on AEP web page as well as configuring ddrt.properties file and verifying the ddlog4j.properties file as recommended by you. Thanks for your support.

Dear Team,

We have AOD 7.2.3 and AEP 7.2.3.

We are using a Record node to capture caller feedback and save it to a specific folder in audio (.wav) file format.

Requirement is to have the caller's feedback in a text format; while what we have is an audio file in .wav format.

Question:
Is there any in-built functionality with AOD or external (plug-in kind of) solution that can be integrated with AOD to achieve the above requirement of converting the audio recorded feedback (.wav) into a plain text format.

I was going through an old post: https://www.devconnectprogram.com/forums/posts/list/21162.page#p150004

This one had few options stated - IBM Watson, Mutare, Bluemix etc but not sure which one is the best solution you suggest here.

Thanks for your support. Looking forward to hear from you.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Thanks for your reply. Sorry I missed to inform, trace.log file is generated with no data. It's an empty log file.

Dear Team,

I am using AOD v7.2.3 with a sample application. I am trying to enable the application traces at following places:

Experience Portal Web page: -- Under Reporting Parameters
Transcription Enabled: Yes
Transcription Sample Rate: 100%

Under Orchestration Designer Application Logging:
Minimum level: Info
Call Flow Data Sample Rate: 0%

Under Orchestration Designer Application Tracing:
Runtime Traces: Yes
SOAP Traces: No
Show XML Output: Yes
Show XML Root: Once
Application Traces: Yes
Local Report Log: No
Show Exception Stack Trace: No

And in the Windows Tomcat Application server v9.0.8,
in the webapps folder -- data -- ddrt.properties file:
Setting all to enabled:

localddtrace=enabled
localapptrace=enabled
showxml=enabled
showxmlroot=once
localreportlog=enabled
frameworkreporting=enabled
localsoaptrace=enabled
xmlrootinline=enabled
showcaughtexceptions=enabled

Expectation:
Upon making test calls, the calls are successful, behaving as per the call flow. However, it is not generating any logging in the application trace file located in webapps - project name - data - log - trace.log file.

Note: If we generate a war file from some other AOD eclipse installed in other server, then it generates the application trace successfully.

We have restarted tomcat service multiple times, uninstall AOD and reinstall AOD many times, yet not helpful.

Appreciate if you could please assist in this to help generate the application trace loggings for the test calls.

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Dear Team,

We have AEP 7.2.x and AOD 7.2.x and our requirement within AOD application is to have a 5 minutes wait (dead silence) before it proceeds to the next node.

An easiest way to achieve this is to play a blank silent prompt for 5 minutes and then move on to the next node.

Question - is there any other way to achieve a 5 minutes wait period within our AOD application? - Remember the control will remain within the AOD application with the same session ID and the same AEP port to be used for such a long duration of the call.

Appreciate any inputs,

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Ok fine, thanks Wilson for sharing this perspective.

I will re-check the connectivity between EPM and App server and share the feedback.

Hi Wilson,

vpapplogclient shows the following message:


2021-08-02 07:43:53,907 818530 [VPAlarmMonitorThread: https://10.xxx.x.xx/axis2/services/VPAppLogService] ERROR - AlarmMonitorThread:EPMWebServicesClientBaseImpl:logAlarmsAxis2() - Caught Exception FAILED with AxisFault faultCode: null error: Connection timed out: connect to log entry size: 1 to URL: https://10.xxx.x.xx/axis2/services/VPAppLogService from AE server: CIBLVPxxxxxx002 First SID: cpd1-i1-mpp1-2021214063213-1 Last SID: cpd1-i1-mpp1-2021214063213-1 NOTE: It could be caused by this EPM is not online or some other network issues.


We have already performed an EPM reboot and yet the AEP variables values are not picked up by the application.

Is there any other workaround or action needs to be taken to resolve this issue?

Appreciate any further inputs on this regard,

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Thanks a lot for your quick responses. I will share the final feedback / actions performed to resolve this issue.

We have the following environment:
AEP 7.2.3
Windows Tomcat 8.5.66
AOD 7.2.1

We have configured AEP variables in our AOD application. However, the IVR application is unable to pick the values set from AEP web page.

This is what we see in our Application trace:

29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: Initializer:applicationStarted:Initializing admin variables...
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: Initializer:applicationStarted:__VPVarAppDate is 1627555701322
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: Initializer:applicationStarted:Timestamp is 07/29/21 11:48:21
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: Initializer:applicationStarted:Appname is 0:CCMAppsTest
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: AdminVarCache:init: Timestamp is different; Load parameters....
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx : AdminVarCache:init: Module? false
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: AdminVarCache:init: load data from the Experience Portal platform
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 ERROR - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: VPClientProxy:VPAppRuntimeVars.getAppRuntimeVars returns null
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: AdminVarCache:init: no data comes back from proxy.
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: app params: {}
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: AdminVarCache:init: Finish loading.
29/07/2021 11:48:37:735 DEBUG - DC83BC47FA9BD653FC35AF1372BC210A:/xxx: *** Reply for [/xxx/Start] ***



Ideally, what we should see is the following (this is a good call scenario of the same application from a different AEP and Application server):

22/07/2021 14:03:23:627 DEBUG - DF28110F05FC3BA83E5F92D4609CA6ED:/xxx: AdminVarCache:init: load data from the Experience Portal platform
22/07/2021 14:03:23:736 DEBUG - DF28110F05FC3BA83E5F92D4609CA6ED:/xxx: VPClientProxy get parameter|value|type - logsPath|D:\\Logs|String
22/07/2021 14:03:23:736 DEBUG - DF28110F05FC3BA83E5F92D4609CA6ED:/xxx: VPClientProxy get parameter|value|type - propFilePathExitVDN|D:\Tomcat8.5_AOD\CM-SDIVR-Tomcat-8.5.43\webapps\Config\abc.properties|String


22/07/2021 14:03:23:736 DEBUG - DF28110F05FC3BA83E5F92D4609CA6ED:/xxx: app params: {logsPath=D:\\Logs, propFilePathExitVDN=D:\Tomcat8.5_AOD\CM-SDIVR-Tomcat-8.5.43\webapps\Config\abc.properties}


Is this any known issue with AEP 7.2.3 platform? Or anything to do with our AOD application? Or with our Windows Application server?

I am unable to get any clue because same application picks up AEP variables values successfully from other setup of AEP - Tomcat environment.

The environment where it works fine is exactly the same:
AEP 7.2.3
Tomcat 8.5.43
AOD 7.2.1

This is preventing us to use dynamic values for the AEP variables.

Appreciate any inputs on this regard,

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Hi Wilson,

Thanks for your response. The simulator eclipse tomcat is different than the application server tomcat.

Hi Jessica,

Thanks for your inputs as well. Although, I don't recollect if I did these steps to toggle the compiler compliance level; I managed to resolve this issue somehow; Followed these actions:
1. Deleting all the war files from local eclipse war folder
2. Deleting all xml files from eclipse tomcat -- conf -- Catalina -- localhost folder
3. Creating a new workspace and importing the project there
4. Freshly setting up Tomcat path (and may be I could have set the compiler level too... frankly speaking don't remember)
5. Generate the war file and deployed in windows application server

These steps picked the new call flow as designed/developed in the eclipse and verified it via application trace messages.

I would like to thank Wilson for his continuous efforts and quick responses/suggestions that encouraged me to keep on trying various options until I managed to reach till this point.

Thanks Jessica for your suggestions as well, this should definitely help our developers in future.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Hi Wilson,

I am still stuck at this point:

AOD Application works fine within AOD simulator. However, when I generate a war file and deploy it on AEP, it still picks up an old version of the application.

I did follow all the basic steps to deploy the war file:
- delete existing war files in war folder
- validate, generate project, generate fresh war file
- In the application server - webapps folder: stopped tomcat, then delete the war file as well as its associated folder, paste the new war file and restart tomcat service to generate a new folder structure

Yet, these steps are not helping. There is something new that I found today (see attached screenshot) - it's about Hot Code Replace failed - Delete method not implemented.

Is this something related to this issue which is avoiding getting a fresh war file generated for my application? What is the ideal action needs to be taken (Continue, Terminate or Restart)?

Appreciate any inputs on this topic.

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Hi Wilson,

I did not use the in-built RESTful service within AOD. I did manage to develop the customized java code to hit a webservice via https url involving proxy.

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Hello,

I am currently using AOD 7.2.1, Java 8, Tomcat 8.5.43 versions.

I am looking for a REST API sample java code trying to hit a https url.

Appreciate if you can please share it,

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Hi Wilson,

I did enable MPP logs to FINEST level; however, it only shows PAVB errors without any more details:

@2021-04-14 07:38:21,108||FINE|SessMgr|9578||CCall::Disconnected Call [228099] has disconnected (1, NearEndDisconnect : Application exited. [ERRORS]), endpoint 681841 destroyed|MVSCCMMPPLD02####
@2021-04-14 07:38:21,108||FINEST|SessMgr|9578||******** Leaving Call.cpp:1159:Disconnected|MVSCCMMPPLD02####
@2021-04-14 07:38:21,109|PSESM00070|ERROR|SessMgr|9578|FileName=SessionMgr.cpp,LineNumber=2082|Application errors occurred for application ProductionTestApp, Session ID MVSCCMMPPLD02-2021104063759-15, [vxml: PAVB_00191, vxml: PAVB_03064]|MVSCCMMPPLD02####
@2021-04-14 07:38:21,108||FINER|SessMgr|9578||Call object destroyed, CallID 228099 - MVSCCMMPPLD02-Session Managers-1-2021104063759|MVSCCMMPPLD02####
@2021-04-14 07:38:21,108||FINE|SessMgr|9578||Session::Run: No calls for session, setting termination timeout to 300000, Shutdown requested 1|MVSCCMMPPLD02####
@2021-04-14 07:38:21,108||FINER|SessMgr|9578||Check for exit conditions for session: [Call 0, CCXML 0, VXML 0, Preparing 0, Msg 1], wait time = 320 ms|MVSCCMMPPLD02####

And with reference to deploying new war file in tomcat instance, I always stop tomcat service and then delete both the war file and its folder from webapps folder and place the new war file and start tomcat service so that a new folder is created for the war.

I am still searching for more clues/ideas on how to get this going as this is simply weird that application runs in AOD simulator; however, the same nodes are not working similarly while making test calls.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar

Thanks for your response Wilson. I had already enabled the application trace along with MPP logs to finest level to get more clues about the application error. However, we are getting blank as per below:

12/04/2021 12:41:55:934 ERROR - 641E7169038C8E7BD549A03F644D80E8:/MnSGiftCard1 : session id:MVSCCMMPPWM02-2021102114550-18 | MnSGiftCard1:Error | System Error has occurred for Call ID | CallID : 10001513021618227950
12/04/2021 12:41:55:934 INFO - 641E7169038C8E7BD549A03F644D80E8:/MnSGiftCard1 : session id:MVSCCMMPPWM02-2021102114550-18 | MnSGiftCard1:Error | Error Thrown: | ddLastException:errorcode :
12/04/2021 12:41:55:934 INFO - 641E7169038C8E7BD549A03F644D80E8:/MnSGiftCard1 : session id:MVSCCMMPPWM02-2021102114550-18 | MnSGiftCard1:Error | Error Message: | ddLastException:message :
12/04/2021 12:41:55:934 INFO - 641E7169038C8E7BD549A03F644D80E8:/MnSGiftCard1 : session id:MVSCCMMPPWM02-2021102114550-18 | MnSGiftCard1:Error | Error Type: | ddLastException:type :
12/04/2021 12:41:55:934 INFO - 641E7169038C8E7BD549A03F644D80E8:/MnSGiftCard1 : session id:MVSCCMMPPWM02-2021102114550-18 | MnSGiftCard1:Error | | session:lasterror :
12/04/2021 12:41:55:934 INFO - 641E7169038C8E7BD549A03F644D80E8:/MnSGiftCard1 : Using SCESession 641E7169038C8E7BD549A03F644D80E8:/MnSGiftCard1 servlet : End

There is no clue from any of the application trace or MPP logs.

Additionally, I am facing a weird issue that each time I do some changes to trace in AOD data node and regenerate the war file and deploy it freshly, each time the old version of the application is fetched instead of new application.

Is this faced / experienced before? Any workaround so that new war file is fetched instead of old application?

Appreciate any inputs on this regard,

Thanks for your support.

Warm regards,
Jaydeep Hatekar