After upgrading, reports fail using Monte Carlo that previously ran OK

Problem

After upgrading from an older version of ESPlanner, Monte Carlo reports that used to run now fail.

Resolution

In older versions of ESPlanner, some user defined assets (UDA) were incorrectly stored. Older versions of the computation engine (CE) ignored the error. The current version of the CE does not. To resolve the problem, remove any UDA's you may have and re-enter them. You should remove ALL (whether they are implemented or not). If you don't intend to use them, they do not have to be re-entered, i.e. re-entering the UDA's is optional.

Also see:
The care and feeding of user defined assets

This should resolve the problem. If you continue to have trouble, create a support ticket.

Advanced

You can verify this problem by doing the following:
Open Help->Support and click SAVE LOGFILE.
The logfile is saved to your My Documents\My ESPlanner directory.
Exmaine the logfile at the end. You will find the following:


3/2/2009 9:01:11 AM========== CE LOGFILE START ==========
Cannot find start parsing information for tag: FindOptimumSSBenefits
Error parsing C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\ESPF385.tmp
file at or near line number: 182
Error parsing C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\ESPF385.tmp.monte.last
file at or near line number: 182
Error processing ./espinput.xml
3/2/2009 9:01:11 AM========== CE LOGFILE END ==========


Where USERNAME is your user/logon information.