PM55055: FASTMAP PROCESS APPEARS TO BE TRIMMING WHITESPACE CHARACTERS (CARRIAGE RETURNS, NEWLINES, HIDDEN WHITESPACE) DURING IMPORT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• FASTMAP PROCESS APPEARS TO BE TRIMMING WHITESPACE CHARACTERS
  (CARRIAGE RETURNS, NEWLINES, HIDDEN WHITESPACE) DURING IMPORT
  
  
  Steps to Reproduce
  
  - Create or edit a few object types so that it has a text area
  with leading carriage return, trailing carriage return, multiple
  leading spaces, multiple trailing spaces, multiple adjacent
  carriage returns in the middle on the text. The most common
  appearance of the issue occurs when alt-enter is used to create
  a newline in an Excel spreadsheet.
  
  
  - Export the data using 'Export to Excel'.
  
  - Save the file and open it to check if the white
  spaces are preserved.
  
  - Make edits to other objects in the spreadsheet.
  
  - Use the fastmap import process to update the changes.
  
  - Check the logs to see if the report corresponds to the number
  of fields that were edited.
  
  Expected Result
  
  - FastMap would only update the fields that were edited.
  
  Actual Result
  
  - FastMap process does some white space trimming that doesn't
  seem to happen in the UI.
  

Local fix

• na
  

Problem summary

• ***************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: OpenPages Users
  ***************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Inconsistent handling of leading and
  * trailing spaces between FastMap and the User Interface
  ***************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Customers should download OpenPages 7.0
  * from Passport Advantage. See the following document for
  * details on obtaining 7.0.
  * http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034983
  ***************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Leading and trailing spaces are now removed from any input
  

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:

Modules/Macros

•    None
  NONE
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  OPENPAGES FCM

• Fixed component ID

  5725D51FC

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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