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APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
When a basic Eclipse project is associated with a process application and the project has an empty list of properties that describe the project type and function, a null pointer exception (NPE) occurs when you try to process the process app advanced projects. Usually, it's fine to associate any project type with a process app or toolkit, but in this case it appears as other process app although project changes occurred. The root cause of this error might be that empty properties are not always allowed on IBM Process Center. This issue happens only when you use Oracle as the database because an empty property string converts to null. PRODUCTS AFFECTED IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced with Oracle DB
Local fix
If the project causing the problem is not needed, disassociate it from the process app.
Problem summary
No additional information is available.
Problem conclusion
A fix is available that checks for null properties. Because the properties being looked for are required for projects with advanced content, with the fix applied IBM BPM V8.5.6 logs that these properties are empty when tracing is enabled and continues to process the remaining contribution projects. A project that does not have these properties would become unuseful in an IBM BPM project, so not processing it would not have adverse side effects. On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search for JR55897: 1. Select IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from the product selector, the installed version to the fix pack level, and your platform, and then click Continue. 2. Select APAR or SPR, enter JR55897, and click Continue. When you download fix packages, ensure that you also download the readme file for each fix. Review each readme file for additional installation instructions and information about the fix.
Temporary fix
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APAR Information
APAR number
JR55897
Reported component name
BPM ADVANCED
Reported component ID
5725C9400
Reported release
856
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2016-05-13
Closed date
2016-05-25
Last modified date
2016-05-25
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Fix information
Fixed component name
BPM ADVANCED
Fixed component ID
5725C9400
Applicable component levels
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Document Information
Modified date:
28 August 2023