PM34725: USING './' NOTATION IN AN ELEMENT TAG CAUSES ERROR FOR NON-ADMIN USERS WHEN SAVING THE CONTENT ITEM WITH THE TAG IN IT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The WCM Authoring portlet throws an exception if the following
  conditions are true:
  
  1. You are attempting to use relative library access (./ dot
  notation)
  inside an <Element> tag in a Menu Component or Presentation
  Template.
  
  2. The 'defaultLibrary' property in the
  WCMConfigService.properties
  file is pointing to a WCM Library that the currently logged-in
  user
  does not have access to.
  
  The error you will see is:
  
  IWKAU1000E:An error occurred parsing the HTML content. Review
  HTML and
  try again.
  Errors found validating element No result design
  IWKPC1202X: At line 4 : IWKPC1058X: Cannot convert tag: <Element
  context="selected"
  name="./site/siteArea/content"
  
  type="content"
  key="Content_Body"/>
  

Local fix

• In the WCMConfigService.properties file, change the
  defaultLibrary parameter to a library the user has access to.
  

Problem summary

• Using './' notation in an element tag causes error for non-admin
  users when saving the content item
  with the tag in it
  
  The WCM Authoring portlet throws an exception if the following
  
  conditions are true:
  
  1. You are attempting to use relative library access (./ dot
  notation)
  inside an <Element> tag in a Menu Component or Presentation
  Template.
  
  2. The 'defaultLibrary' property in the
  WCMConfigService.properties
  file is pointing to a WCM Library that the currently logged-in
  user
  does not have access to.
  
  The error you will see is:
  
  IWKAU1000E:An error occurred parsing the HTML content. Review
  HTML and
  try again.
  Errors found validating element No result design
  IWKPC1202X: At line 4 : IWKPC1058X: Cannot convert tag: <Element
  context="selected"
  name="./site/siteArea/content"
  
  type="content"
  key="Content_Body"/>
  

Problem conclusion

• In the WCMConfigService.properties file, change the
  defaultLibrary parameter to a library the user has access to.
  

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

  LOTUS WEB CONT

• Fixed component ID

  5724I2900

Applicable component levels

• R615 PSY

     UP

• R61A PSY

     UP

• R61B PSY

     UP

• R61C PSY

     UP

• R700 PSY

     UP