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Accessing Site Preferences may result in a, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: can't parse argument number, exception

Troubleshooting


Problem

Accessing the Site Preferences feature in FileNet WorkplaceXT deployed in IBM Websphere Application Server results in a generic system error message. Inspecting the SystemOut.log, the following exception is logged : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: can't parse argument number.

Symptom

Other functionality of WorkplaceXT such as browsing or accessing documents is not affected, only the Site Preferences features returns an error when accessed.

The following error stack may appear in the IBM Websphere Application Server SystemOut.log :

com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp logServletError SRVE0293E: [Servlet Error]-[/WcmSitePreferences.jsp]: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: can't parse argument number


at java.text.MessageFormat.makeFormat(MessageFormat.java:1350)
at java.text.MessageFormat.applyPattern(MessageFormat.java:469)
at java.text.MessageFormat.<init>(MessageFormat.java:361)
at java.text.MessageFormat.format(MessageFormat.java:822)
at com.filenet.wcm.toolkit.util.WcmException.toString(WcmException.java:283)
at com.filenet.wcm.toolkit.util.WcmException.getLocalizedMessage(WcmException.java:259)
at com.filenet.wcm.toolkit.server.ui.WcmErrorMessageBox.render(WcmErrorMessageBox.java:240)
at com.filenet.wcm.toolkit.server.util.FrameworkException.renderErrorMessageBox(FrameworkException.java:265)
at com.ibm._jsp._WcmError._jspService(_WcmError.java:125)
...

[{"Product":{"code":"SSNVNV","label":"FileNet Content Manager"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Workplace XT","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"1.1.5","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
28 April 2025

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swg21700629

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