PI68729: WCM SEEDLIST PAGINATION NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• WCM Seedlist pagination not working as expected.
  
  
  
  When a range is used with the wcm seedlist crawler url
  
  the returned number of documents may not be fully returned.
  
  The next and previous links are not in the result page.
  
  
  
  http://<server>:<port>/wps/seedlist/myserver?SeedlistId=&Source=
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.plugins.seedlist.retriever
  .WCMRetrieverFactory&Action=GetDocuments&Range=10
  
  
  
  During crawling, the output will have a next link like:
  
  <atom:link href="/wps/seedlist/myserver?Format=atom&amp;Locale
  
  =null&amp;Range=5&amp;SeedlistId=Web+Content&amp;
  
  Action=GetDocuments&amp;Source=com.ibm.workplace.wcm.plugins
  
  .seedlist.retriever.WCMRetrieverFactory
  
  &amp;Start=5&amp;State=RFExbkpaaXBIcFdkT2tJY0lKN3NiWTc%3D"
  
  rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" title="Next page"/>
  
  
  
  and at the end of crawling data the previous url will be in the
  output
  
  <atom:link href="/wps/seedlist/myserver?Format=atom&amp;Locale
  
  =null&amp;Range=100&amp;Action=GetDocuments&amp;
  
  Source=com.ibm.workplace.wcm.plugins.seedlist.retriever
  
  .WCMRetrieverFactory&amp;Start=0"
  
  rel="previous" type="application/atom+xml" title="Previous
  
  page"/>
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• WCM Seedlist pagination not working as expected.
  
  
  
  When a range is used with the WCM seedlist crawler url the
  returned number of documents may not be fully returned.
  The next and previous links are not in the result page.
  
  
  
  http://<server>:<port>/wps/seedlist/myserver?SeedlistId=&Source=
  com.ibm.workplace.wcm.plugins.seedlist.retriever
  .WCMRetrieverFactory&Action=GetDocuments&Range=10
  
  
  
  During crawling, the output will have a next link like:
  
  <atom:link href="/wps/seedlist/myserver?Format=atom&Locale
  
  =null&Range=5&SeedlistId=Web+Content&
  
  Action=GetDocuments&Source=com.ibm.workplace.wcm.plugins
  
  .seedlist.retriever.WCMRetrieverFactory
  
  &Start=5&State=RFExbkpaaXBIcFdkT2tJY0lKN3NiWTc%3D"
  
  rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" title="Next page"/>
  
  
  
  and at the end of crawling data the previous url will be in the
  output
  <atom:link href="/wps/seedlist/myserver?Format=atom&Locale
  
  =null&Range=100&Action=GetDocuments&
  
  Source=com.ibm.workplace.wcm.plugins.seedlist.retriever
  
  .WCMRetrieverFactory&Start=0"
  
  rel="previous" type="application/atom+xml" title="Previous
  
  page"/>
  

Problem conclusion

• WCM components are getting returned by the initial query and
  then removed from the crawl results.
  This throws off the paging numbers.
  
  When this happens the "crawl" is finished and the "Next Page" is
  not returned.
  
  
  The handling of content in the seedlist was modified to prevent
  the issue.
  
  
  A code fix for this issue is integrated into the WebSphere
  Portal & WCM Combined Cumulative Fix 13 (PI68557) for Portal 8.5
  and 9.0 available from Fix Central:
  
  
  http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent
  =ibm/WebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/WebSphere+Portal&release=Al
  l&platform=All&function=aparId&apars=PI68557
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LOTUS WEB CONT

• Fixed component ID

  5724I2900

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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