IT45364: WHILE USING MICROSOFT DYNAMICS 365 NODES, CONNECTOR DISCOVERY OPERATION MIGHT FAIL DUE TO PARSING ERRORS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• While using Microsoft Dynamics 365 nodes, users might encounter
  parsing errors when trying to launch the connector discovery
  process using credentials stored in the vault. The reason for
  this being that the discover API relies on the endpoint to
  respond with a 401 status code in the absence of an access token
  in the authorization header and then generates a new access
  token. If the endpoint is designed to respond with a redirect
  URL in such cases, this operation might fail due to JSON parsing
  errors as there would be an attempt to parse the redirect URL
  containing HTML content.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All users of App Connect Enterprise v12 using Microsoft Dynamics
  365 nodes.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
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  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  While using Microsoft Dynamics 365 nodes, users might encounter
  parsing errors when trying to launch the connector discovery
  process using credentials stored in the vault. This occurs as
  the discover API relies on the endpoint to respond with a 401
  status code in the absence of an access token in the
  authorization header and then generates a new access token. If
  the endpoint is designed to respond with a redirect URL in such
  cases, this operation might fail due to JSON parsing errors as
  there would be an attempt to parse the redirect URL containing
  HTML content.
  

Problem conclusion

• The App Connect Enterprise product has been modified to handle
  the parsing errors thrown when trying to launch the connector
  discovery process using credentials stored in the vault.
  
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  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v12.0      12.0.12.0
  
  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
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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

  5724J0560

Applicable component levels