JR56952: WHEN A BPD NAME HAS THE & CHARACTER, AN ERROR MIGHT OCCUR WHEN YOU TRY TO REMOVE THE ADVANCED CONTENT FROM THE BPD

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Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2016.12

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you try to remove the advanced content from a business
  process definition (BPD) that has an ampersand (&) in its name,
  you can get an error like this:
  
  [24/10/16 19:08:45:428 EDT] 00000107 PreviousCMTSy E   Unable to
  process previous version of WLE_Contribution:/<tookit>/BPD &
  Example_wsdl_objDef.cmt2PREV
  
  org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource$IOWrappedException: The
  entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity
  reference.
  at
  org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.load(XMLLoadImpl.java
  :201)
  at
  org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLResourceImpl.doLoad(XMLResourc
  eImpl.java:180)
  at
  org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceImpl.load(ResourceIm
  pl.java:1494)
  at
  com.ibm.scaservice.synchronization.PreviousCMTSynchronizationCon
  text.getResource(PreviousCMTSynchronizationContext.java:72)
  at
  com.ibm.scaservice.synchronization.CMTSynchronizationContext.ini
  t(CMTSynchronizationContext.java:206)
  at
  com.ibm.scaservice.synchronization.PreviousCMTSynchronizationCon
  text.init(PreviousCMTSynchronizationContext.java:58)
  at
  com.ibm.scaservice.synchronization.CMTSynchronizationContext.get
  OperationInformations(CMTSynchronizationContext.java:170)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.scaservice.synchronization.request.WSDLDeleteRequ
  est.initialize(WSDLDeleteRequest.java:69)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.scaservice.synchronization.request.WSDLDeleteRequ
  est.getObjectsToDelete(WSDLDeleteRequest.java:56)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.scaservice.utils.WLETransformer.deleteWSDL(WLETra
  nsformer.java:1476)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.scaservice.utils.WLETransformer.transformPOs(WLET
  ransformer.java:247)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.scaservice.utils.SCAExportWrapper.generateWLEArti
  facts(SCAExportWrapper.java:86)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.scaservice.SCAContributionInterchangeSaveListener
  .runContributionInterchangePreSave(SCAContributionInterchangeSav
  eListener.java:120)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.repo.services.contribution.ContributionOperation.
  save(ContributionOperation.java:206)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.repo.services.contribution.DeleteContribution.cal
  l(DeleteContribution.java:48)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.bpm.repo.services.contribution.DeleteContribution.cal
  l(DeleteContribution.java:26)
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED:
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  

Local fix

• In IBM Process Designer, rename the BPD by removing ampersand
  (&) from the name before removing the advanced content.
  

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix will be included in IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix 2016.12
  that does not result in errors, for example when removing
  advanced content, when a BPD with advanced content has an
  ampersand (&) character in its name.
  
  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

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

  BPM ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels

• R857 PSY

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