JR47507: USING A PA WHICH DIRECTLY/INDIRECTLY REFERENCES TWO VERSIONS OF A TOOLKIT, CONTENT ASSIST MAY PROVIDE INCOMPLETE SUGGESTIONS

Download Version 8.0.1 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• When using a PA which directly/indirectly references two
  versions of a toolkit (two versions of a dependency) the content
  assist may provide incomplete suggestions.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  1. Create a toolkit TK1 with a BO named BO1 that has one field
  named field1. Take a snapshot of TK1 and name the snapshot
  tk1v1.
  2. Create a toolkit TK2 with a dependency to toolkit TK1
  (tk1v1). Take a snapshot of TK2 and name the snapshot tk2v1.
  3. Return to TK1 and edit BO1 by adding another field named
  field2. Take another snapshot of TK1 and name the snapshot
  tk1v2.
  4. Create a process app PA1 with dependencies added for TK1
  (tk1v2) and TK2 (tk2v1).
  5. Create a BPD and drop a task on it with a script
  implementation.
  6. Create a local variable in the BPD called var1 and set its
  type to BO1.
  7. In the script task's properties, under the implementation
  tab, type in the following script tw.local.var1. to view the
  content assist suggestions
  
  Result:
  the content assist will only provide field1 as a suggestion
  
  Expected Result:
  the content assist should provide field1 and field2 as
  suggestions
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• When using a process application which directly/indirectly
  references two versions of a toolkit (two versions of a
  dependency) the content assist may provide incomplete
  suggestions.
  
  USER AFFECTED:
  Business Process Manager Advanced, Standard and Express users
  using multiple dependency versions referenced
  (directly/indirectly) in their process application, and trying
  to use content assist on a business object included in those
  multiple dependency versions.
  
  
  PROBLEM DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
  When a business object has been updated to include a new field
  between two versions (snapshots) of a dependency (toolkit) and
  those versions are directly/indirectly referenced the code
  assist will get confused and may (this is random) provide
  incomplete suggestions. In other words, the suggestions might be
  missing the newly added field in the business object since it
  may pick up the an older version of the artifact.
  
  PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
  To fix this problem, the hash map used to store the suggestions
  for a particular business object type will be updated to contain
  the suggestions of the version of the business object, with the
  shortest dependency path.
  
  FIX AVAILABILITY:
  Fixes for 8.0.1 and 8.5 are planned to be delivered with next
  cumulative maintenance deliverables of these releases.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSY

     UP

• R850 PSY

     UP