"The request could not be handled" message occurs in the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle UI when a rule remediator is set to a deleted user
Originally Published: 2018-02-23
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.1, 7.0.2
Issue
The request could not be handled
If a Segregation of Duties (SoD) rule or User Access rule that has been assigned to specific remediator ID and this remediator is then deleted in the Identity Data Collector (IDC) endpoint, when clicking on Rules > Violations then clicking on the open violation.
The same error also happens if you try to edit the rule definition under Rules > Definition and click on the rule name then click on the General tab:
The following error is seen in the /home/oracle/wildfly8.2.0.Final/standalone/log/aveksaServer.log
ERROR (default task-10) [com.aveksa.gui.core.MainManager]
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.aveksa.gui.objects.rule.GuiSODRuleDefinition.<init>(GuiSODRuleDefinition.java:78)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.rule.detail.RuleDetailHelper.getUserConditionHtml(RuleDetailHelper.java:903)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.rule.detail.RuleDetailHelper.printCondition(RuleDetailHelper.java:136)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.rule.detail.RuleDetailHelper.printContent(RuleDetailHelper.java:114)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.other.detailpopup.DetailHelper.printContent(DetailHelper.java:66)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.other.detailpopup.DetailHelper.printContent(DetailHelper.java:62)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.rule.detail.main.RuleDetailMainPageView.printContent(RuleDetailMainPageView.java:60)Cause
Resolution
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