Apparently Oracle put a new hook in when viewing a report from the BI Publisher desktop preventing the import and throwing an error.
You can read about Subtemplates Failing? in Tim Dexter's blog.
The fix worked for me by reading the blog on Learn Oracle Applications Tech-Stack.
If you want to cut to the chase then it is a matter of making a modification to the xdo.cfg file. On my installation that file did not exist but there was a file called xdo example.cfg file.
Here are the steps I took to make the modifications:
- I right-clicked on the Notepad icon and chose "Run as administrator". I had to do this because of the security in the folder hierarchy, I couldn't save it otherwise.
- I opened C:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\Template Builder for Word\config example.cfg
- I added this line: <property name="xdk-secure-io-mode">false</property>
- I saved the file in the same location calling it xdo.cfg
