JR48541: MILLION SECONDS SECTION FOR DATETIME VALUE LOST DURING OUTBOUND WEB SERVICE INTEGRATION

Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 5 for the IBM Business Process Manager products
Version 8.5.0 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a client uses the datetime value in an outbound web
  service ﾂ ﾠintegration, the million seconds section for the ﾂ ﾠv
  might be ignored and missing from the output value.
  
  If the input datetime value contains a million seconds section
  similar to the following section
  
  2013-09-17T22:26:20.751+06:00
  
  the million seconds section looks similar to the following
  section after the web service-related code processes it:
  
  2013-09-17T22:26:20.+06:00
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  IBM Business Process Manager Advanced and   *
  *                  Standard                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: If the input datetime value contains    *
  *                      a million seconds section similar to    *
  *                      the following section                   *
  *                      2013-09-17T22:26:20.751+06:00           *
  *                      the million seconds section looks       *
  *                      similar to the following section        *
  *                      after the web service-related code      *
  *                      processes it:                           *
  *                      2013-09-17T22:26:20.+06:00              *
  *                      The million seconds section is          *
  *                      ignored because the datetime parser     *
  *                      uses the same pattern for both the      *
  *                      datetime value with and without a       *
  *                      million seconds section.                *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When processing a SOAP request/response in an IBM BPM
  inbound/outbound web service, IBM BPM ignores the million
  seconds section of the datetime value when it should include
  it.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available that determines whether the input contains
  a million seconds section and, if so, parses the input with a
  different datetime pattern.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR48541. After you select the product group, product,
  installed version, and platform, click Continue and then
  select APAR or SPR, enter JR48541, and click Continue. When
  downloading fix packages, ensure that you also download the
  readme file for each fix. Review each readme file for
  additional installation instructions and information about the
  fix.
  
  After you apply the fix, enable the following property in the
  100Custom.xml configuration file:
  
   <common merge="mergeChildren">
   ....
    <dateandtime-include-milliseconds
  merge="replace">true</dateandtime-include-milliseconds>
   ....
   </common>
  
  Then the million seconds section for the datetime will be
  parsed and included in the request/response.
  

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 ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY

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