PK81795: WHILE WEBSITE CRAWLER CRAWLING WCM CONTENT VIA RENDERING PORTLET. NULL VALUES IN WCM CONTENT CAUSES SEARCH QUERY FAIL

6.1.0.3 Download: WebSphere Portal and WCM V6.1 fix pack 3, 6.1.5 feature pack
6.1.0.4 Download: WebSphere Portal and WCM V6.1.0 fix pack 4 & 6.1.5 fix pack 1
6.1.0.5 Download: WebSphere Portal and WCM V6.1.0 fix pack 5
6.1.0.6 Download: WebSphere Portal and WCM V6.1.0 fix pack 6
6.0.1.7 Download: WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager V6.0.1, fix pack 7

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Search Environment: Customer has website collection created
  which points to portal url. Portal url which is being crawled
  consists of WCM remote or local rendering portlet. Search
  crawler is able to index all the WCM content. But while doing
  search query by anonymous user it fails as crawler uses
  rendering portlet to parse the page source and if rendering
  those content throws null exception for the null values with in
  it. Search query fails.
  
  
  From WCM rendering portlet exception seen:
  
  
  [2/11/09 19:07:17:447 EST] 00000066 WCM_Rendering W   Exception
  caught accessing object.
  [2/11/09 19:07:17:471 EST] 00000066 WCM_Rendering W   Exception
  caught processing request. Cause: IWKPY1017X: Unauthorised
  access on {bea872804b1dd94583a1977f5f96a283,
  com.aptrix.pluto.site.SiteArea} by
  {{anonymous portal user, anonymous_user, anonymous_user_id, en,
  Type: User}, 4, {false, {userAccess={}}, {editorAccess={}},
  {managerAccess= {}}, [anonymous_user%anonymous_user_id,
  all_users%all_users_group_id,
  anonymous_user%anonymous_user_id]}} -
  
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.exceptions.AuthorizationException:
  IWKPY1017X:
  Unauthorised access on {bea872804b1dd94583a1977f5f96a283,
  com.aptrix.pluto.site.SiteArea} by {{anonymous portal user,
  anonymous_user, anonymous_user_id, en, Type: User}, 4, {false,
  {userAccess={}}, {editorAccess={}}, {managerAccess={}},
  [anonymous_user%anonymous_user_id,
  all_users%all_users_group_id,
  anonymous_user%anonymous_user_id]}} -
  at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.WCM_RenderingContext.createRenderConte
  xt(WCM_RenderingContext.java:872)
  at
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.WCM_RenderingContext.getRenderContext(
  WCM_RenderingContext.java:395) at...
  
  
  From Search traces while doing search query you see:
  
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.field : creation_date
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.fieldName : resource-type
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  result.get() is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  fieldValues is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.field : resource-type
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.fieldName : DTTM Created
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  result.get() is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  fieldValues is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.field : DTTM Created
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.fieldName : dttm last print
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  result.get() is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  fieldValues is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:031 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.field : dttm last print
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.fieldName : DOCUMENT_TYPE
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  result.get() is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  fieldValues is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.field : DOCUMENT_TYPE
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.fieldName : GENERATOR
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  result.get() is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  fieldValues is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.field : GENERATOR
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.fieldName : SOURCE
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  result.get() is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  fieldValues is NULL
  [2/18/09 8:27:29:032 EST] 00000052 SystemOut     O
  translateFields.field : SOURCE
  
  
  Solution provided in this apar: While doing search catching
  null exceptions resolves the issue and problem no longer occurs.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• While crawler crawls WCM content, invalid WCM fields values caus
  query to fail
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available from Fix Central:
  http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/swg/quickord
  er?apar=PK81795&productid=WebSphere%20Portal&brandid=5
   You may need to type or paste the complete address into your
   Web browser.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• SEARCH
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE PORTA

• Fixed component ID

  5724E7600

Applicable component levels

• R60G PSY

     UP

• R60H PSY

     UP