PH42860: OVERWRITE FIELD IN MESSAGE DIFFERENCE WINDOW FAILS IF EXPECTED MESSAGE HAS IS NULL, NOT NULL, OR LENGTH FIELD ACTIONS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Steps to Reproduce:
  
  - Create a File transport
  - Create a test with a publish and subscribe action.
  - Put some simple XML in the publish action and make sure Append
  is not checked in the header.
  
  <data>
     <field id="abc"/>
  </data>
  
  - use the same file transport in the Subscribe action
  - run the test and overwrite expected message in the Message
  Difference Window (MDW). Re-run to get passing execution of the
  test.
  
  - In the Subscribe action message, right-click the id attribute
  and choose Contents->Edit
  
  - Select the Validate tab and ensure the Equality action is
  selected in the field action list.
  
  - Choose "Is Null" from the Action Type drop list. Save the
  test.
  
  - Run the test. It should fail.
  
  - In the MDW, click the id field and press the Overwrite
  expected field button.
  
  
  
  Expected Behavior :
  
  The field is overwritten with the value from the actual message
  and the field action is changed to an Equality action.
  
  
  Actual Behavior :
  
  [CRRIT8512E] Failed to overwrite expected field
  Path:/text/data/people/person/bday
  Reason:No Equality Action to overwrite
  
  Workaround :
  Edit the field in the MDW and change the field validation action
  type to Equality before doing the overwrite.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of Rational Integration Tester using the Message       *
  * differencing window to overwrite expected messages.          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Certain field actions would not be overwritten when users    *
  * repaired a test from within the message differencing window. *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• Fixed in version 10.2.3
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL INTEGRA TE

• Fixed component ID

  5725G79IT

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