JR47482: ILLEGAL PIPE CHARACTER USED IN URL TO RETREIVE TASK DETAILS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In Process Portal, when the user opens a task to work on it,
  an HTTP request is issued to REST services to retrieve task
  details that are displayed in the right pane.  The generated
  URL, however, contains am unencoded '|' (pipe) character,
  which must be encoded per RFC 3986 for URI syntax (i. e.
  replaced by the escape sequence '%7C').
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Users of BPM Advanced, BPM Standard, and    *
  *                  BPM Express.                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In Process Portal, when the user        *
  *                      opens a task to work on it, an HTTP     *
  *                      request is issued to REST services to   *
  *                      retrieve task details that are          *
  *                      displayed in the right pane.  The       *
  *                      generated URL, however, contains am     *
  *                      unencoded '|' (pipe) character, which   *
  *                      must be encoded per RFC 3986 for URI    *
  *                      syntax (i. e. replaced by the escape    *
  *                      sequence '%7C').                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The URL issued to query REST services to retrieve details for
  a task contains an unencoded '|' (pipe) character, which is
  illegal per RFC 3986.
  

Problem conclusion

• The JavaScript code that is responsible for generating the URL
  was modified to include the escape sequence for the '|'
  character, "%7C", instead of the '|' character.
  
  An interim fix for Business Process Manager Version 8.0.1.0 has
  been published to Fix Central.  Please refer to the separate
  file that is automatically downloaded with the interim fix
  for prerequisite information and installation/uninstallation
  instructions.
  

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

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY

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