JR51681: NULL VALUES ARE RETURNED FOR INVALID USERS IN THE LIST THAT RESULTS FROM CALLING THE GETALLUSERS() JAVASCRIPT API

8.0.1.3-WS-BPM-IFJR51681
8.0.1.2-WS-BPM-IFJR51681
Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 6 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you use the getAllUsers() JavaScript API, the returned list
  contains the value NULL for invalid user. A user with a given
  name is invalid if the same user name exists more than once in
  the WebSphere Application Server user registry. An invalid user
  cannot log in to IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) and should
  not be returned in a JavaScript API call response.
  

Local fix

• Use custom code to check the list that the getAllUsers()
  JavaScript API call returned for NULL values and ignore them
  during subsequent processing.
  

Problem summary

• If a user name is used more than once to define distinct users
  in the WebSphere Application Server user registry, IBM BPM
  considers the corresponding users invalid and consistently
  ignores them. However, calling the getAllUsers() JavaScript API
  does not ignore such users because it returns for a NULL value
  each invalid user.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is/will be available for IBM BPM V8.0.1.2 that avoids
  inserting NULL values into the results list of the getAllUsers()
  JavaScript API call.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR51681:
  
  1. Select IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from
    the product selector, the installed version to the fix pack
    level, and your platform, and then click Continue.
  
  2. Select APAR or SPR, enter JR51681, and click Continue.
  
  When you download 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.
  

Temporary fix

• Not applicable
  

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

• R801 PSY

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