Problem Note 36131: A SAS® 9.1.3 to SAS 9.2 Phase 2 migration or partial promotion fails when using an SQL Join transformation in SAS® Data Integration Studio
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During a SAS 9.1.3 to SAS 9.2 Phase 2 migration or partial promotion of metadata, your SAS Data Integration Studio job will fail to migrate, if it contains an SQL Join transformation. The likely cause is an issue with the promotion code.
An error message similar to the following is generated:
Error processing "/808/SAS Data Integration Studio Custom Tree/Jobs/178-cl-030/CREATE_TV_DATASET(Job)" error: null java.lang.NullPointerException at
com.sas.etl.models.job.transforms.sql.impl.AliasTable.findAlaisedColumnContainingColumn(AliasTable.java:517)
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 Data Integration Studio | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.21 | 4.21_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.21 | 4.21_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.21 | 4.21_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.21 | 4.21_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.21 | 4.21_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 4.21 | 4.21_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| SAS System | SAS Data Integration Studio Server Data | z/OS | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2_M1 | 9.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Data Integration Studio Server Data 9.2 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A09.html#36131A fix for this issue for SAS Data Integration Studio 4.21 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A16.html#36131
If your SAS Data Integration Studio job contains an SQL Join transformation, a migration or partial promotion will fail with a processing error. The likely cause is an issue with the promotion code.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2010-01-12 10:51:11 |
| Date Created: | 2009-06-04 09:04:40 |