While searching for groups in review definition in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle there is a Java.lang.NullPointerException
Originally Published: 2017-10-20
Last Modified: 2023-11-30
Article Number
000041055
Applies To
RSA Product Set: Identity Governance & Lifecycle
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.1 P04
Issue
You might see the below error while searching for groups in the review definition in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle. 

Example 1: User Access Review

  1. Navigate to Reviews > Definitions and select the User Access review type.
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  1. Click Edit Definition and click on the Contents tab. 
  2. Click on the group filter and search for the group name. You will see the following error.
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Example 2:  Account Review

  1. Navigate to Reviews > Definitions and select the Account Access and Ownership review type.
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  2. Click Edit Definition and click on the Contents tab.
  3. Click on the group filter and search for the group name. You will see the following error.
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Example 3: Group Review

  1. Navigate to Reviews > Definitions and select the Group Definition review type.

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  2. Click Edit Definition and click on the Contents tab.
  3. Perform the same steps mentioned above in Examples 1 or 2 to see the null pointer exception error.
  4. Click on the Group Selection page and search for the group name. You will see the following error.
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The following stack trace can be seen in the AveksaServer.log: 
10/21/2017 05:06:58.511 ERROR (default task-78) [com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.DefaultTableModel] 
java.lang.NullPointerException 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.objectPicker.multiple.userGroup.UserGroupPickerTable.getUpdatedCriteria(UserGroupPickerTable.java:73) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.objectPicker.multiple.userGroup.UserGroupPickerTable.getObjectCount(UserGroupPickerTable.java:59) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.DefaultTableModel.getNumRows(DefaultTableModel.java:60) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.TableView.printHeader(TableView.java:1146) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.TableView.printTable_full(TableView.java:262) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.TableView.printContent(TableView.java:79) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.TableView.print(TableView.java:51) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.TableModel.print(TableModel.java:1225) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.table.core.TableModel.print(TableModel.java:1201) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.objectPicker.multiple.MultiObjectPickerDialogView.makeObjectsTable(MultiObjectPickerDialogView.java:52) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.objectPicker.multiple.MultiObjectPickerDialogView.printContent(MultiObjectPickerDialogView.java:32) 
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.base.view.DialogPageView.makeContent(DialogPageView.java:134) 
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.base.view.DialogPageView.handleRequest(DialogPageView.java:34) 
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.base.data.PageData.drawView(PageData.java:136) 
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.base.data.PageData.handleRequest(PageData.java:118) 
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.base.data.dialog.EditableDialogPageData.handleRequest(EditableDialogPageData.java:69) 
at com.aveksa.gui.components.objectPicker.multiple.MultiObjectPickerDialogData.handleRequest(MultiObjectPickerDialogData.java:161) 
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.PageManager.forwardRequest(PageManager.java:577) 
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.PageManager.handleRequest(PageManager.java:341)
Cause
This is a known issue in V7.0.1 P04.
Resolution
Upgrading to V7.0.1 P05 or V7.0.2+ will fix this issue.
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