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Problem Note 41588: User names that include parentheses might cause errors in SAS® Information Delivery Portal
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If your user name contains parentheses, you might encounter a couple of different issues in the Portal.
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You might have problems when sharing content in the Portal. For example, if you attempt to unshare an existing page, you might see the following exception in the browser.
A serious error occurred. Contact the portal administrator. Oct 25, 2010 2:11:43 PM CEST The date and time shown here may be useful to the administrator. java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sas.portal.metadataOperations.PermissionsMetadataFacade.moveLocation(PermissionsMetadataFacade.java:2065) at com.sas.portal.delegates.pages.UpdatePageDelegate.updatePageProperties(UpdatePageDelegate.java:100) at com.sas.portal.delegates.pages.PageFacade.updatePageProperties(PageFacade.java:168) at com.sas.portal.actions.EditPagePropertiesAction.execute(EditPagePropertiesAction.java:130) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425)
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When viewing one of the SAS BI Portlets, you might see the following message.
We're sorry. The portlet you've requested cannot be displayed.
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 Information Delivery Portal | z/OS | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| SAS System | SAS BI Portlets | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 4.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 4.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 4.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 4.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 4.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 4.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 4.2 | |||||
| Windows Vista | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Linux for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Solaris for x64 | 4.2 | 4.31 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||