RS01775: NPE WHEN ACCESSING THE CONFIRM MERGE ACTIONS PAGE

Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1.2 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.6.0.2 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager z/OS 8.7.1.2 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1.1: Interim Fix 36

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In Decision Center Enterprise Console the page "Confirm merge
  actions" may show a popup window "Error: The call failed on the
  server; see server log for details" with the following stack
  trace in the server log:
  ...
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
  at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.beans.BaselineMergeBean.
  updateActionsFromPermissions(BaselineMergeBean.java:567)
  at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.beans.BaselineMergeBean.
  loadMergeArtifacts(BaselineMergeBean.java:482)
  at ilog.rules.teamserver.web.gwt.branchMerge.services.
  BranchMergeServiceImpl.loadSyncArtifacts(BranchMergeServiceImpl.
  java:445)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
  NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:76)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
  DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:607)
  at com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RPC.invokeAndEncodeResponse(
  RPC.java:562)
  ... 41 more
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Depending on the permissions of the user some merge action are
  not available. showing the actions does not anticipate that
  this might happen and an NPE is thrown.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code is fixed
  

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

• 999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WS DECISION CTR

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6900

Applicable component levels

• R851 PSY

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