Troubleshooting
Problem
After upgrading from version 5.1.x to 5.3.x, users may encounter issues when attempting to edit glossary artifacts that were created prior to the upgrade.
Symptom
When modifying an existing business term, the following error may be displayed:
“Unable to execute action”
Glossary logs will show the following exception:
"exception":"\njava.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.lang.Integer.intValue()" because the return value of "com.ibm.glossary.model.coreentity.AbstractBusinessEntity.getVersionSequence()" is null\n
Document Location
Worldwide
[{"Type":"MASTER","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Product":{"code":"SSBN64","label":"IBM Knowledge Catalog for Cloud Pak for Data"},"ARM Category":[{"code":"a8m3p000000UoRRAA0","label":"Administration-\u003EUpgrade"}],"ARM Case Number":"TS021962074","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":""}]
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Modified date:
07 May 2026
UID
ibm17272283