IJ35916: POLINE.ENTERBY AND PRLINE.ENTERBY FIELD USES USERID INSTEAD OF PERSONID.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• DESCRIPTION:
  
  Purchase Orders, POLINES and Purchase Requisition Application's
  PRLINES, ENTERBY Field contains the Userid by default. They
  should contain the PERSONID instead of Userid.
  
  
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  1) Login with maxadmin or other privileged user; Go to Security
  Application-> Users
  (i) Open the record: WILSON
  (ii) From More Actions-> Select Duplicate User; Name the new
  user: WILSONCOPY
  (iii) A System Message appears as below:
  BMXAA3844W - Person WILSONCOPY does not exist. Do you want to
  create a new person?
  Click NO
  (iv) Go to Person Lookup field, Go to People Application and
  create a new PERSON;
  
  (v) Name the Person: WILSONPERS; Save the record and Return
  with Value;
  (vi) Set password for the user: WILSONCOPY; Save the record
  
  
  2) Logout and Login with the user: WILSONCOPY
  (i) Go to Purchasing-> Purchase Requisitions Application
  (ii) Create a new PR: TESTPR;
  
  (iii) Switch to PRLines Tab; Add a new PRLine by click New Row;
  Add item: 0-0031; Storeroom: CENTRAL; Conversion Factor: 1;
  
  (iv) In the Entered By field(PRLINE.ENTERBY), Observe the
  default value filled in at ENTERED BY Field is userid, here:
  WILSONCOPY and REQUESTED BY Field is Personid, here WILSONPERS;
  Save; PR gets saved without any error.
  
  Perform another test.
  
  (v) In the Entered by field, remove the already filled in
  Userid, here: WILSONCOPY. Attempt to save. It says ENTERED by
  field is mandatory.
  Re-enter the same Userid: WILSONCOPY; Save
  Observe, an error is thrown as below: You entered: wilsoncopy.
  The person does not exist or is not active (BMXAA3097).
  (vi) Now, enter the PersonId: WILSONPERS; Save. Observe the
  record gets saved without any error.
  
  
  RESULT:
  PRLINE.ENTERBY Field contains Userid by default, in this case:
  WILSONCOPY.
  
  
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  PRLINE.ENTERBY Field should contain PERSONID instead of USERID.
  In this case: WILSONPERS.
  
  
  REPORTED IN VERSION:
  Tivoli's process automation engine 7.6.1.2
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Maximo users                                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * POLINE and PRLINE ENTERBY is set to USERID when addedUserid  *
  * by default. They should be set to PERSONID as is defined by  *
  * SAMEAS relationship and field class FldPurEnterBy.           *
  ****************************************************************
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  1) Login with maxadmin or other privileged user; Go to Security
  Application-> Users
  Open the record: WILSON
  (ii) From More Actions-> Select Duplicate User; Name the new
  user: WILSONCOPY
  (iii) A System Message appears as below:
  BMXAA3844W - Person WILSONCOPY does not exist. Do you want to
  create a new person?
  Click NO
  (iv) Go to Person Lookup field, Go to People Application and
  create a new PERSON;
  (v) Name the Person: WILSONPERS; Save the record and Return
  with Value;
  (vi) Set password for the user: WILSONCOPY; Save the record
  2) Logout and Login with the user: WILSONCOPY
  Go to Purchasing-> Purchase Requisitions Application
  (ii) Create a new PR: TESTPR;
  (iii) Switch to PRLines Tab; Add a new PRLine by click New Row;
  Add item: 0-0031; Storeroom: CENTRAL; Conversion Factor: 1;
  (iv) In the Entered By field(PRLINE.ENTERBY), Observe the
  default value filled in at ENTERED BY Field is userid, here:
  WILSONCOPY and REQUESTED BY Field is Personid, here WILSONPERS;
  Save; PR gets saved without any error.
  Perform another test.
  (v) In the Entered by field, remove the already filled in
  Userid, here: WILSONCOPY. Attempt to save. It says ENTERED by
  field is mandatory.
  Re-enter the same Userid: WILSONCOPY; Save
  Observe, an error is thrown as below: You entered: wilsoncopy.
  The person does not exist or is not active (BMXAA3097).
  (vi) Now, enter the PersonId: WILSONPERS; Save. Observe the
  record gets saved without any error.
  RESULT:
  PRLINE.ENTERBY Field contains Userid by default, in this case:
  WILSONCOPY.
  EXPECTED RESULT:
  PRLINE.ENTERBY Field should contain PERSONID instead of USERID.
  In this case: WILSONPERS.
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  package:  Release 7.6.1.3 of Base Services
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MAXIMO ASST MGM

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46AM

Applicable component levels