JR53349: MOVING PROCESS APP SMART FOLDERS FROM ONE PROCESS CENTER TO ANOTHER CAUSES DUPLICATION

7.5.1.2-WS-BPM-IFJR53349
8.5.5.0-WS-BPM-IFJR53349
Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 7 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If you import or export a process app or toolkit from one IBM
  Process Center to another, smart folders duplicate. Each time
  the process is repeated, the number of smart folders doubles.
  
  Smart folders are associated with a particular user and process
  app. When you import smart folders, Process Center might not
  recognize that the folder already exists becuase the user's
  reference IDs are not be the same in separate environments.
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED:
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

Local fix

• Manually delete the duplicated smart folders as they are
  created.
  

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available for IBM BPM V8.5.5.0 that that changes the
  smart folder comparison import code to not look at the ID of the
  user who created it.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR53349:
  
      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 JR53349, and click Continue.
  
  A fix is also available for IBM BPM V7.5.1.2. To obtain, follow
  the instruction above, substituting
  the installed version with 7.5.1.2.
  
  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

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

• R855 PSY

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