JR49244: INCOMPLETE URL GENERATION WHEN USING THE URL ATTRIBRIBUTE IN BPMURL OBJECTS

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

• The web module context root is not appended to generated URLs
  when you configure a BPMURL object with url attribute.
  

Local fix

• You can configure BPMURL objects to refer to BPMVirtualHostInfo
  objects that contain protocol, host, port, and URI prefix in
  dedicated attributes.
  

Problem summary

• IBM BPM V8.5.0.1 introduced a framework to allow you to
  customize the way URLs are generated. Multiple options exist to
  calculate the following fields of a URL:
  - protocol
  - host
  - port
  - context root (URI) prefix
  
  The simplest approach is to specify all of these fields in one
  string in URL format and set it as the value of the url
  attribute of a BPMURL object. However, the actual context root
  of the target web module is not appended to that string;
  therefore, an incomplete URL is generated for a scenario when
  there is url attribute.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available for IBM BPM V8.5.0.1 that ensures that the
  context root of the web module is appended to generated URLs
  when the url attribute of BPMURL objects is configured.
  
  With the fix applied, a BPMURL object that is represented as
  
  <bpmurl xmi:id="BPMURL_1394800768194"
  url="https://www.example.com/bpm" scenario=" EXTERNAL_CLIENT"/>
  
  in
  
  <DMGR_PROFILE_ROOT>/config/cells/<CELLNAME>/cell-bpm.xml
  
  will create the following URL to Process Portal:
  
  https://www.example.com/bpm/ProcessPortal
  
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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

• R850 PSY

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