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Problem Note 15074: Java.lang.ClassCastException may occur when attempting to use the subscription feature in the Information Delivery Portal

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When attempting to use the Manager Subscriptions/Subscribers option in
the Information Delivery Portal, the following error may occur:

   A serious error occurred. Contact the portal administrator.
   <date and time>
   The date and time shown here may be useful to the administrator.
   java.lang.ClassCastException
   at
   com.sas.portal.actions.DisplayChannelSubscriptionsAction.execute
   (DisplayChannelSubscriptionsAction.java:61)
   at
   org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform
   (RequestProcessor.java:465)

This exception will occur if the Portal User is defined as an Event
Subscriber in the Metadata and the SAS Event Manager configuration is
not being used.

To correct the problem, remove the Event Subscriber entry for the Portal
User.


A fix for this issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/idp913.html#015074


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Information Delivery PortalMicrosoft Windows 2000 Professional2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
64-bit Enabled HP-UX2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
64-bit Enabled Solaris2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
64-bit Enabled AIX2.02.09.1 TS1M3 SP29.1 TS1M3 SP3
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.