Fiori Theme repository could not be read

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

I am trying to access the theme designer for Fiori using the transaction /UI5/THEME_DESIGNER but am getting the error:

I am on the latest UI patch level for all the UI components: SP7

I have read through the below posts with similar issues but no luck.

Does anyone have an idea of what I might be missing?

Regards

Jared

[TheoExall · Accepted solution]

the solution that worked for me:

The issue was around the program /UI5/CL_THEME_REPOSITORY_SCAN with method _BUILD_IDS and _BUILD_CHILD_IDS. I did not change any code I just went into change mode saved and activated it. Since then the problem has been solved.

Jared is a colleague of mine so I worked on the same system.

[UweFetzer_se38]

Hi Jared,

I've got the exactly same error message, and I got a dump "CALLED_BY_PUBLIC_SERVICE".

It was simply because in the SICF path "/sap/bc/theming" there was a user/password entered. After I've deleted this entry it worked with transaction /UI5/THEME_DESIGNER.

Hope this will be a solution for your problem, too.

Uwe

[Former Member]

Hi Uwe,

Thank you for your response.

I checked the entry you were talking about and unfortunately I dont have a username and password entered there.

Basis is building a new server so I will test on that server once built.

[Former Member]

Hello,

Thank you for all the responses.

I have activated all the services as I have used the Theme Designer before. I have just recently updated all components to the latest patch levels which seemed to of caused this problem.

I have also tried using the theme designer with the IP and FQDN as well as protocols HTTP and HTTPS.

Regards

Jared

[agentry_src]

What does the console for Chrome show when you are trying to activate TD?

It sounds like opening a ticket might be the next step.

Regards, Mike

[Former Member]

Hi Mike,

The errors I get when trying to open the designer are:

Does that help?

Regards

Jared

[agentry_src]

Definitely open a ticket and include the reference to the SCN post and the screenshot.

[Former Member]

To me it looks like the patching wasn't successful assuming there are no bugs in the SAP provided code. Can you provide a list of involved system components and their versions? Are you on pre NW74 or NW74? Patching pre NW74 is trickier since all involved system components need to be patched at the same time (you should use the stack). See transaction ST22 to analyze the short dump.

[masa_139]

You got ABAP syntax error in Gateway system.

Please check notes.

[Former Member]

Hello,

Here are the components in my system:

SAP_BASIS	731	0010
SAP_ABA	731	0010
PI_BASIS	731	0010
ST-PI	2008_1_710	0008
GW_CORE	200	0008
IW_BEP	200	0008
SAP_BW	731	0010
UI2_700	100	0007
UI2_701	100	0007
UI2_702	100	0007
UI2_731	100	0007
UI2_FND	100	0007
UI2_SRVC	100	0007
UI5_731	100	0007
UISAPUI5	100	0007
UI_INFRA	100	0007
IW_FND	250	0008
IW_PGW	100	0005
WEBCUIF	731	0007
IW_CBS	200	0008
IW_CNT	200	0008
UIAPP001	100	0004
UIGIB001	100	0004
UIHCM002	100	0004
UIHCM003	100	0004
UISRA002	100	0003
UISRA004	100	0002
UISRA007	100	0001
UISRA008	100	0003
UISRA010	100	0003

I have looked through the SAP Fiori LL14 - UI Theme Designer Troubleshooting and implemented notes 1980031 and 1902156 as it said to do so in note 1852401.

I still get the error message though.

Regards

Jared

[Former Member]

Here are the errors I am getting after applying the notes.

The blacked out sections on the screenshot is the hostname and port number being used.

So after applying the notes and running transaction /UI5/THEME_DESIGNER it starts as http://<fqdn>:8000

Before the notes it would start the browser using https://<fqdn>/

Regards

Jared

[Former Member]

Is there a short dump in ST22? Since there is a syntax error in ABAP class /UI5/CL_THEME_REPOSITORY_SCAN, I would expect there to be a short dump. If there is, can you share the code lines that contain the syntax error? SP08 of UI Add-On, which hasn't been released yet contains SAP note 1920950 which is supposed to fix a short dump error but whether it is the one you are seeing, is hard to say since the note doesn't have any advanced correction instructions.

Let me also ping the and    spaces as well as to get the attention of the UI Theme Designer people.

[Former Member]

Hi Samuli,

Thank you for the reply and for looping in the Theme Designer people.

There isn't any short dump in the system anymore. I was getting a short dump but after applying the notes above I havnt received anymore dumps.

Kind Regards

Jared

[Former Member]

But you still get the Theme Repository error? And is it because the protocol is incorrectly generated? Does it work if you manually change it from HTTP to HTTPS? Is the port number really being omitted or did you just leave it out? Anyway, URL generation is something your basis admin should be able to fix. Have you configured entries in table HTTPURLLOC? If not, the basic configuration of ICM and ICF service parameters determine the URL generation.

[Former Member]

Hi Samuli,

I think it might be something with how the URL is getting generated.

If I run the transaction from my GW system the URL that opens in the browser is:

http://<FQND>:8000/...

And then it says the webpage could not be displayed. Could this be because the port 8000 isnt open on the server?

Then if I take out the port http://<FQDN>/..... then the page opens but I get the "Theme Repository could not be read" error message.

Is it possible that the port could be causing the issue?

[Former Member]

See transaction SMICM -> Services for open ports. I think you should work together with your basis admin to get this resolved.

[masa_139]

Just FYI. This does not solve your issue but,

I see you use old UI components which were released in May 2013.

Important Note: Please use new UI with new SAP Fiori Launchpad

New UI components have UI extension points and work with new SAP Fiori Launchpad.

Please find correct components based on your Backend version.

• SAP Fiori - Add-on quick reference for transactional apps

Regards, Masa

SAP Customer Experience Group - CEG

[Uwe_Klinger]

Hi Jared,

As already mentioned by Samuli it's important that the URL of the theme designer and of the parameters "sap-themeroot" and "sap-webdav-themeroot" contain the same protocol, hostname and port. You can fit it manually by copying it from the start of the URL to the parameters.

We plan to get rid of this because it creates to much trouble 😕

If you still stuck please open a ticket on CA-UI2-THD and provide system access for R/3 and HTTP(S).

Best regards

Uwe

Product Owner

UI theme designer

SAP

[Former Member]

make sure urge that you are logging in with the fully qualified host name rather than an IP address

[Former Member]

Use Fiddler, HttpFox, HTTPwatch, etc. Scroll down the list of requests to the 2nd or 3rd for the service theme-designer. Does the host name and protocol for URL parameters sap-themeroot and sap-webdav-themeroot match with the host name and protocol hosting the UI Theme Designer application?

[agentry_src]

Hi Jared,

Check to make sure all the services required by Theme Designer are activated.

Do you have a Launchpad instance running?

Regards, Mike

SAP Customer Experience Group - CEG