JR55279: YOU SEE AN ERROR WHEN THE DATE AND TIME VALUES IN A CLIENT-SIDE HUMAN SERVICE ARE ARE EMPTY OR NULL

bpm.8570.cf2016.06.delta.repository.1of2
bpm.8570.cf2016.06.delta.repository.2of2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If your client-side human service has a coach that uses a date
  or time variable, the variable has no value when a flow out of
  the coach is triggered, that flow assigns a value to that
  variable, and that flow returns to the same coach. Instead, you
  see the following error message in the following browsers:
  
  Chrome: "Cannot read property 'time' of null"
  Internet Explorer: "Unable to get property 'time' of undefined
  or null reference"
  Firefox: "_258[key] is null"   (Note: 258 may be a different
  number)
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

Local fix

• To avoid this issue, initialize the variable before showing the
  coach and instruct users to not clear the date value.
  Alternatively, do not give the variable a value when it is null
  and you are returning to the same coach. For example, add a
  coachValidationError to notify the end user that a date must be
  entered instead of assigning it a date.
  

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix that prevents errors by allowing an empty or null value
  for a date or time variable in a coach to be changed in a flow
  that returns to the same coach, for example by using a script,
  is currently targeted for inclusion in an IBM BPM V8.5.6.0
  cumulative 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