PH08116: MESSAGE VALIDATION WITH TAGS THAT PASSES REPORTS UNNECESSARY DIFFERENCES

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• You have a test that validates a message field against a tag
  value.
  The overall validation passes but when you view the received
  message in the Message Difference window you see a green
  highlight on the Actual side with an expected value of "" or
  null.
  
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  
  1. Configure a request-reply test.
  
  2. Create a tag and set it to the expected value of one of the
  reply fields.
  
  3. Run the test.
  
  4. Click on the test console line containing "Message validation
  passed"
  
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  
  The field in question shows no highlighting to alert to
  differences.
  
  ACTUAL RESULT:
  
  The field in question Actual side shows green highlight.
  Below is a message such as:
  
  Expected null, found value "200" (Action = "Equality")  -<field
  name>
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of Rational Integration Tester and HTTP headers with   *
  * tags.                                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The Message Difference Window always shows null as the       *
  * expected value for Header fields validated against tags if   *
  * no tags were used in the expected message body.              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed in release 9.5
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL INTEGRA TE

• Fixed component ID

  5725G79IT

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