RS02175: NPE WHEN DEPLOYING A RULEAPP FROM DCBC TO RES

Operational Decision Manager V8.6.0.3 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager z/OS 8.6.0.3 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1.1 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1.1 Fix Pack

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When trying to deploy a ruleApp using the decision engine
  through a deployment
  configuration the following exception is thrown
  ilog.rules.teamserver.brm.builder.IlrBuildException: ilog.
  rules.teamserver.brm.builder.IlrBuildException: null at ilog.
  rules.teamserver.rve.util.LogUtil.throwBuildException(LogUtil.
  java:66) at ilog.rules.teamserver.rve.builders.RuleUnitBuilder.
  build(RuleUnitBuilder.java:64) at ilog.rules.teamserver.rve.
  Builder.build(Builder.java:226) at ilog.rules.teamserver.rve.
  Builder.build(Builder.java:161) at ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.
  service.IlrSessionFacadeImpl.generateRVEArchive(
  IlrSessionFacadeImpl.java:4585) at ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.
  service.IlrSessionFacadeImpl.generateRulesetArchive(
  IlrSessionFacadeImpl.java:4480) at sun.reflect.
  NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.
  NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:
  94) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
  DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:55) at java.lang.reflect.
  Method.invoke(Method.java:619) at ilog.rules.teamserver.
  transaction.IlrTransactionalInvocationHandler.invoke(
  IlrTransactionalInvocationHandler.java:35) at com.sun.proxy.$
  Proxy51.generateRulesetArchive(Unknown Source) at ilog.rules.
  teamserver.model.impl.IlrAbstractSession.generateRulesetArchive(
  
  IlrAbstractSession.java:743) at ilog.rules.teamserver.model.
  decisionservice.DCDsRulesetArchiveBuilder.generateArchive(
  DCDsRulesetArchiveBuilder.java:80) at ilog.rules.teamserver.
  model.decisionservice.DCDsRulesetArchiveBuilder.
  refreshDecisionEngineArchive(DCDsRulesetArchiveBuilder.java:101)
  
   at com.ibm.rules.decisionservice.DsRulesetArchiveBuilder.
  refreshArchive(DsRulesetArchiveBuilder.java:39) at com.ibm.
  rules.decisionservice.DsRuleAppArchiveBuilder.
  buildRuleAppInformation(DsRuleAppArchiveBuilder.java:111) at
  com.ibm.rules.decisionservice.DsRuleAppArchiveBuilder.
  refreshArchive(DsRuleAppArchiveBuilder.java:195) at ilog.rules.
  teamserver.ejb.service.IlrSessionFacadeImpl.
  deployDSRuleAppArchive(IlrSessionFacadeImpl.java:4998) at ilog.
  rules.teamserver.ejb.service.IlrSessionFacadeImpl$8.call(
  IlrSessionFacadeImpl.java:5206) at ilog.rules.teamserver.ejb.
  service.IlrSessionFacadeImpl$8.call(IlrSessionFacadeImpl.java:
  5202) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:
  273) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(
  ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1176) at java.util.concurrent.
  ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641) at
  java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:795) Caused by: java.lang.
  NullPointerException at ilog.rules.teamserver.rve.util.
  BuildUtil.setProperties(BuildUtil.java:279) at ilog.rules.
  teamserver.rve.builders.RuleUnitBuilder.build(RuleUnitBuilder.
  java:60) .
  

Local fix

• switch to classic rule engine
  

Problem summary

• Incorrect evaluation of the variables when building the
  decision engine ruleset
  

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

• R860 PSY

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