JR64486: A NON-ADMINISTRATOR USER IS UNABLE TO CREATE A IBM BPM DOCUMENT OBJECT AND A CNTR0020E ERROR IS LOGGED

8.6.20020001-WS-BPM-IFJR64486

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A user that is not of an administrative role, is unable to
  create a document of IBM BPM Document class and a CNTR0020E
  error logged in the Business Automation Workflow application
  server log.
  
  [10/22/21 15:49:26:859 CEST] 0000014b BusinessExcep E
  CNTR0020E: EJB threw an unexpected (non-declared) exception
  during invocation of method "performOperation" on bean
  "BeanId(IBM_BPM_Teamworks_BPMBUGPCCluster#EmbeddedECMStartupBean
  .jar#ExternalECMEventHandlerBean, null)". Exception data:
  javax.ejb.EJBException: nested exception is:
  org.jdom.IllegalDataException: The data "null" is not legal for
  a JDOM attribute: A null is not a legal XML value.
          at
  com.ibm.bpm.integration.runtime.ExternalECMEventHandlerBean.perf
  ormOperation(ExternalECMEventHandlerBean.java:455)
          at
  com.ibm.bpm.integration.runtime.EJSRemote0SGExternalECMEventHand
  lerBean_aa9db5b4.performOperation(EJSRemote0SGExternalECMEventHa
  ndlerBean_aa9db5b4.java)
          at
  com.ibm.bpm.integration.runtime._EJSRemote0SGExternalECMEventHan
  dlerBean_aa9db5b4_Tie.performOperation(_EJSRemote0SGExternalECME
  ventHandlerBean_aa9db5b4_Tie.java:1)
          at
  com.ibm.bpm.integration.runtime._EJSRemote0SGExternalECMEventHan
  dlerBean_aa9db5b4_Tie._invoke(_EJSRemote0SGExternalECMEventHandl
  erBean_aa9db5b4_Tie.java)
  ....
  Caused by: org.jdom.IllegalDataException: The data "null" is not
  legal for a JDOM attribute: A null is not a legal XML value.
          at org.jdom.Attribute.setValue(Attribute.java:491)
          at org.jdom.Attribute.<init>(Attribute.java:228)
          at org.jdom.Attribute.<init>(Attribute.java:251)
          at org.jdom.Element.setAttribute(Element.java:1164)
          at
  com.ibm.bpm.integration.runtime.ExternalECMEventHandlerBean$Argu
  ments.toXMLString(ExternalECMEventHandlerBean.java:157)
          at
  com.ibm.bpm.integration.runtime.ExternalECMEventHandlerBean.perf
  ormOperation(ExternalECMEventHandlerBean.java:404)
          ... 15 more
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED
  IBM Business Automation Workflow
  IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available or will be available that ensures that an
  unexpected exception is not reported when a non-administrator
  user tries to create an IBM BPM Document object in the object
  store.
  

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

  BUS AUTO WORKFL

• Fixed component ID

  5737H4100

Applicable component levels