JR46055: COACH VARIABLES ARE INITIALIZED TO EMPTY OBJECT WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM USER WHEN USING COMBOBOX.

Download Version 8.0.1 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• Coach behavior is inconsistent in terms of
  
  variables being initialized or not. It looks like the behavior
  changes
  when coach contains a combo box. When a combo box is present in
  the
  coach variables are initialized to empty object without any
  input from
  user but the same varibles remain uninitialized when there is no
  combobox.
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• Complex variables in a human service are initialized after a
  heritage coach executes, even though they are not modifed by the
  coach.
  
  USER AFFECTED:
  Business Process Manager Advanced, Standard and Express.
  
  PROBLEM DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
  The coach framework requires that all variables that are
  referenced by the coach are initialized.  If the service does
  not initialize the variables, then the caoch framework will do
  this.  This may be an issue if the service level code is
  expecting variables to remain undefined.
  

Problem conclusion

• This behaviour will be documented in the next 7.5.1 Information
  Center refresh.
  
  WORKAROUND:
  Ensure that service level code does not require variables to be
  left in an undefined state if they are referenced by a coach.
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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