Report Reference for Prompt Pages causes PID Error

[jmo4b]

Has anyone else encountered the following PID Error intermittently when using a Report Reference and/or Layout Component References? 

DPR-ERR-2077 Failed to forward the request because the associated external process with PID is unavailable, either because the process is shutting down, or this was an absolute affinity request and the requested process does not exist anymore. For more information enable the dispatcher and external process detailed logs, and reproduce the conditions that caused the error.

Many of our reports use a standard set of prompts that require multiple report queries and prompt objects.  So we created 3 reports containing the various prompt objects and formatted layout objects that makeup the standard report prompt sequence.  Another report lays these objects out across 2 prompt pages as layout component references (the "master filter report").  When we create a new report, we insert a report reference to the "master filter report" before the Report Pages.  This works fine, but sometimes the PID error is thrown between the prompt pages of the referenced report, for prompt values that have worked just moments before and work without error immediately after re-running. 

[bbtresoo]

Hi guys

Is there anyone who finally got an answer about that PID error .

I run my report it goes forever and finally it ends up with the error above mentionned.

tks in advance for ur help

[rockytopmark]

I still get this occasionally... I am on Cognos 11.0.10