JR56261: NON DEFAULT VALUES SET TO A SERVICE'S INPUT MAPPINGS ARE DELETEDWHEN SERVICE MOVES TO A TOOLKIT

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Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2016.09

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• After you create a process app and toolkit and, in the process
  app, create a General System service that has multiple input
  parameters, each of type String, all but one having null values,
  and one having no default value, you wire the Start event to the
  End event. Then you create another General System service that
  you drag the first General System service into and wire between
  the Start and End events. You then clear the Use Default option
  for the second General System service and hardcode strings for
  all the input mappings of the first General System service, for
  example "param1", "param2". You save your work and move both
  General System services into  the toolkit you created at the
  same time by highlighting them in the Implementation menu of the
  palette, right-clicking one of them, and selecting "Move to
  other toolkit". You then leave the process app, go to the
  toolkit you created and into the input mappings, and notice that
  the values you entered aren't there. The input mappings are
  blank.
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED:
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

Local fix

• There are multiple workarounds:
  
  - Copy the items to the target app/toolkit, and then delete them
  from the source app/toolkit, or
  - You move the items one at a time, the issue does not occur
  either.
  

Problem summary

• When performing a multi asset move of services or processes,
  there is the possibility that data mappings become hidden.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix will be included in IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix 2016.09
  that ensures the data mappings are not hidden.
  
  To determine whether the cumulative fix is available and
  download it if it is, complete the following steps on Fix
  Central:
  
  1. On the Select product tab, select WebSphere as the product
  group, IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from the
  WebSphere options, All as the installed version, and All as the
  platform, and then click Continue.
  2. In the Text field, enter "cumulative fix?, and click
  Continue.
  

Temporary fix

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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

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels