PK65727: MENUS RETURNING INCONSISTENT RESULTS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Currently when looking up Categories and Site Area for Menus, we
  use the current users access control. So if the user who is
  rendering the menu does not have access to the category/site
  area then it will not be returned as part of the search
  criteria, which mean that the search criteria for the menu will
  change depending on who is viewing the menu and thus give
  inconsistent results.
  
  Sample scenario
  
  Menu search criteria :
   Siteareas -> Sitearea1 (selected sitearea)
   Categories ->  Include descendants is checked . Categories from
  current content, restricted to "catA"
  
  Assume that there are 4 content items c1,c2,c3,c4 under
  sitearea1. c1 and c2 belong to catA. c3 and c4 dont have any
  category. The current content belongs to catA.
  
  Results with wpsadmin : c1 and c2
  Results with a user who does not have access to cat1 or any of
  its descendants (the results of step1 were cached) :  c1 and c2
  Results with a user who does not have access to cat1 or any of
  its descendants (after clearing the cache): c1,c2,c3 and c4
  

Local fix

• The problem was due to the fact that we were using the current
  users access control to filter out categories/site areas for
  menus.
  
  This was also an issue when the menu cache was being used, as
  the result set retrieved for the cache would alter depending on
  the users access control who viewed the menu when the results
  were being cached (the first time the menu was rendered or after
  it expired).
  
  The fix was to always use System access when looking up
  Categories and Site Areas for Menus.
  

Problem summary

• Menus returning inconsistent results
  

Problem conclusion

• An interim fix is available for this APAR from Fix Central at:
  
  6.0.1.3
  
  http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/swgquickorde
  r?brandid=2&productid=Workplace%20Web%20Content%20Management&fix
  es=6.0.1.3-WCM-PK65727
  
  For release 6.0.1.2:
  
  http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/swgquickorde
  r?brandid=2&productid=Workplace%20Web%20Content%20Management&fix
  es=6.0.1.2-WCM-PK65727
  
  You will need to cut/paste the entire URL into a browser to
  resolve the address.
  

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

  WRKPLC WEB CON

• Fixed component ID

  5724I2900

Applicable component levels

• R60G PSY

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