JR46011: DYNAMIC GROUP MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REFRESHED WHEN YOUR PARTICIPANT GROUP IS BASED ON EXPRESSION AND USES USER ATTRIBUTE DEFINITIONS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Issue Summary:
  Dynamic Group membership is not refreshed when your Participant
  Group is based on expression and uses user attribute
  definitions.
  When user attributes are updated (for example, using the
  ProcessAdmin console or the JSAPI), the dynamic group membership
  is not refreshed.
  

Local fix

• No IFix/Workaround
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Business Process Manager v8.0.1             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Dynamic Group membership is not         *
  *                      refreshed when your Participant         *
  *                      Group is based on expression and uses   *
  *                      user attribute definition               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Scenario #1: The UAD is changed so that the membership is
  updated. The user logs off and logs back into Portal. The
  membership is updated as expected.
  Problem: NONE
  Scenario #2: The UAD is changed for the user so that the
  membership is updated. The user does not log off from the
  portal and can see that membership is updated. However, if the
  user clicks the Work tab in the Portal, the membership does
  not appear to be updated.
  Problem: If the user goes directly to the Work
  tab, it does not look like membership is updated. However, if
  the user happens to click elsewhere in the portal and then
  returns to the Work tab, only then does membership
  appear updated.
  To reproduce this problem, follow the steps:
  1. Click on the Dashboard.
  2. Click My Performance.
  3. Click the Work tab. Membership is updated.
  Scenario #3: The UAD is changed for the user so that they do
  not have membership. The user does not log off from the Portal.
  Problem: The user can view their membership, which is NOT
  expected. The user should no longer see membership because
  the attribute was changed to something else.
  To reproduce this problem, follow the steps:
  1. Click the Work tab. The membership is as expected and is not
  updated. However, the user can still view their membership.
  2. Click on the Dashboard.
  3. Click My Performance and then return to the Work tab.
  

Problem conclusion

• Deliver an ifix to resolve this problem. After the
  customer installs the fixpack, the customer has to update the
  server section of the 100Custom.xml file with the following
  details:
  <update-dynamic-groups-on-login>true</update-dynamic-groups-on-l
  ogin>
          <!-- Use this flag if you change user attributes often
  and require group memberships to be updated with the change. -->
  
  <update-dynamic-groups-on-uadchange>true</update-dynamic-groups-
  on-uadchange>
  
  Install/Dependency information is available in the readme.txt
  on Fix Central. When the user goes to the download files page
  in Fix Central, the readme will be available with the fix
  package as a separate download.
  

Temporary fix

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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

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSY

     UP

• R850 PSY

     UP