IZ74892: WORKSPACE SAVE ERROR WITH NPE

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 8 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0008)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 9 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 6 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0006)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• * Environment:
  ITM 6.2.2 GA and FP1 / platform independent
  
  * Problem Description:
    It is not possible to save a workspace when it includes a view
    with "Topology" information (table format)with more than one
    table view.
  
  * Detailed Recreation Procedure:
    1. Create a workspace MYTEST including a table view e.g.  EIB
       change Log  on the ENTERPRISE level
    2. Split and save workspace MYTEST
    3. Drag and drop  Topology  view in one of your view:
    4. Change  Topology" view  to  View as table
    5. Save workspace MYTEST> Save is working
    6. Split the  EIB Change Log  view and select  Properties  of
       the new created view and change the Query to e.g.  Windows
       Systems Offline
    7. Save workspace MYTEST> Save is NOT  working
       - don't show any errors in the GUI but if other workspace
       is selected after this, pop up always comes up and ask
       "would you like to save".
    8. DELETE  Topology  view
    9. Save workspace MYTEST> Save is working
  
  * Related Files and Output:
    The TEP trace shows the following exception
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    (4bc8696d.138ce200-(null)AWT-EventQueue-0:TableAdapter,0,"
     TableAdapter.updateComponentFromModel(PBasedModel)")
     EXCEPTION: Updating Component
     from Model java.lang.NullPointerException
    -------------------------------------------------------------
  
  * Approver:
    sm
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• When saving a workspace in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal,
  sometimes the save does not work when the workslpace contains a
  pane with a topology view.
  
  If a Tivoli Enterprise Portal workspace contains a topology view
  as well as multiple other views, sometimes the save does not
  work.  The circumstances under which this problem was seen were
  as follows:
  - Create a new workspace based on the EIB Change log.
  - Save the new workspace.
  - Split the EIB change log pane.
  - Drop a topology view (TMS infrastructure) on top of one of the
  panes and change it to a table view.
  - Split the remaining EIB change log pane.
  - Bring up the properties of one of the EIB change log panes and
  change the query to Windows system offline.
  
  At this point if you save the workspace, the save will not work.
  It you click on a different workspace, the same workspace will
  stay displayed until the save is cancelled or the topology view
  is deleted.
  

Problem conclusion

• Found that an exception was being thrown based on a null pointer
  which was causing some processing to be skipped.  Added some
  checking to make sure the correct path was taken.
  
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
    | fix pack | 6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0003
  

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

  TEP

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04EP

Applicable component levels

• R622 PSY

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