Problem Note 36085: Merging the last two bins in Interactive Binning node returns java.lang.NullPointerException error
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In the SAS® Enterprise Miner™ Interactive Binning node, you can split and join bins. However, if you split the last bin into two bins, and then join those two bins back together, you might receive the following java error on the Fine Detail tab:
An application error has occurred.
Clicking on the Details window returns the following:
java.lang.NullPointerException at
com.sas.analytics.eminer.visuals.BinningDetailModel.getTMvalue(BinningDetailModel.java:2176) at
com.sas.analytics.eminer.visuals.BinningDetailModel.getMenuItems(BinningDetailModel.java:1769) at
com.sas.analytics.eminer.visuals.Binning$SelectionListener.valueChanged(Binning.java:1775) at
javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:187) at
javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:167) at
javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:214) at
javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.changeSelection(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:402) at
javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.changeSelection(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:411) at
javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.removeSelectionInterval(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:481) at
javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.clearSelection(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:416) at javax.swing.JTable.clearSelection(JTable.java:1261) at javax.swing.JTable.tableChanged(JTable.java:2907)
To avoid the error, do not split the last bin into two bins and then merge the bins back together.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Miner | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 5.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 5.3 | 6.1_M2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Miner 5.3 is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/dmine53.html#036085
In the Interactive Binning node in SAS® Enterprise Miner™ 5.3, merging the last two bins on the Fine Detail tab returns a java.lang.NullPointerException error.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Data Mining |
| Date Modified: | 2009-08-11 13:41:46 |
| Date Created: | 2009-05-28 14:58:37 |