IT43922: GENERATED FLOWS USING USER DEFINED PATTERN ARCHIVES WITH RENAMEDLIST TYPE PROMOTED PROPERTY ARE GETTING CORRUPTED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a user defined pattern archive is created from exemplar
  flows with renamed list type promoted property, where the value
  can be selected from a drop down menu like the "Use compression"
  property of HTTP Request node, the new instance flows generated
  from this pattern archive will be corrupted or missing some
  lines which shows the allowed values of the promoted property in
  the properties tab of the flow in the toolkit. It is to be noted
  that this happens only if the exemplar flow's promoted list type
  property is renamed before creating the pattern archive.
  

Local fix

• On the corrupted generated flows opened on the toolkit, right
  click on the flow designer and select "Promote Property...". The
  renamed list type promoted property will be visible in the
  promoted properties window which can be renamed, select and
  rename the property and save the flow. The flow needs to
  reopened on the toolkit to rebuild,. On completion of rebuild of
  flows, there will be no issues or the corrupted flows will be
  automatically resolved.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All Users of IBM App Connect Enterprise V12.0 using toolkit to
  generate flows from patterns.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  Linux on x86-64 platform, Windows on x86-64 platform
  
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  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  When a user defined pattern archive is created from exemplar
  flows with renamed list type promoted property, where the value
  can be selected from a drop down menu like the "Use compression"
  property of HTTP Request node, the new instance flows generated
  from this pattern archive will be corrupted or missing some
  lines which shows the allowed values of the promoted property in
  the properties tab of the flow in the toolkit. It is to be noted
  that this happens only if the exemplar flow's promoted list type
  property is renamed before creating the pattern archive.
  
  On downloading the pattern archive to toolkit and creating new
  instance from this pattern, the generated flows will be
  corrupted and the toolkit will throw
  "java.lang.NullPointerException at
  com.ibm.etools.mft.flow.xproperties.PropertiesManager.createProp
  ertyEditor(PropertiesManager.java:983)"
  

Problem conclusion

• The pattern archive created with renamed enum type promoted
  properties in flows will generate instances with non-corrupted
  flows in the toolkit.
  
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  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v12.0      12.0.10.0
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006041
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available,information on
  its planned availability can be found on:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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

  APP CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0561

Applicable component levels