PK84806: LIKEMINDS WITH THE PREFERENCE ENGINE , RECOMMENDATION RULES ARE NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED.

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

• LIKEMINDS with the preference engine , Recommendation rules are
  not working as expected.
  
  Exceptions in systemOut.log.
  
  
  AbstractQuery E
  com.ibm.icm.jcr.query.AbstractQueryImpl QueryImpl
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.CDMQuerySyntaxException: QRY0552E: Syntax
  of query
  string is incorrect.  Parsing error at position 163. Detail:
  Error:
  could not match input.
  
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.CDMQuerySyntaxException: QRY0552E: Syntax
  of query
  string is incorrect.  Parsing error at position 163. Detail:
  Error:
  could not match input.
   at
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.impl.xpath.JCRQXPathParser.yylex(JCRQXPathP
  arser.ja
  va(Compiled Code))
   at
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.impl.xpath.JCRQXPathParser.yyparse(JCRQXPat
  hParser.
  java(Compiled Code))
   at
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.impl.xpath.JCRQXPathParser.parse(JCRQXPathP
  arser.ja
  va:1005)
   at
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.impl.JCRQXPathProcessor.process(JCRQXPathPr
  ocessor.
  java:52)
   at
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.impl.QueryProcessor.generateSql(QueryProces
  sor.java
  :183)
   at
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.impl.QueryProcessor.validate(QueryProcessor
  .java:15
  6)
   at
  com.ibm.icm.ci.query.impl.QueryService.validate(QueryService.jav
  a:183)
   at
  com.ibm.icm.jcr.query.AbstractQueryImpl.validate(AbstractQueryIm
  pl.java:
  107)
   at com.ibm.icm.jcr.query.QueryImpl.<init>(QueryImpl.java:71)
   at
  com.ibm.icm.jcr.query.QueryManagerImpl.createQueryWithOptions(Qu
  eryManag
  erImpl.java:74)
   at
  com.ibm.icm.jcr.query.QueryManagerImpl.createQuery(QueryManagerI
  mpl.java
  :54)
   at
  com.ibm.websphere.personalization.resources.cm.CmResourceManager
  .findRes
  ourcesByQueryString(CmResourceManager.java:935)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• XPath parsing error received when using Likeminds Recommendation
  action with WCM content.
  

Problem conclusion

• Parser was not correctly managing varchar content.  Corrected
  the parser to correctly recognize and process this data type
  when using Likeminds content.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE PERSO

• Fixed component ID

  5724E7614

Applicable component levels

• R60E PSY

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