Problem Note 43416: A null-pointer exception occurs when you enter a price candidates override for price type "$" for a price that is suggested by system
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In SAS® Promotion Optimization, you might encounter a NullPointerException when entering a price candidates override for price type "$" for a price suggested by the system. Details of the NullPointerException are below:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sas.solutions.di.server.rpp.PromotionPlanImpl.savePrice(PromotionPlanImpl.java:2960)
at com.sas.solutions.di.server.rpp.RPPServiceImpl.savePrice(RPPServiceImpl.java:752)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
atsun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
There is no workaround for this issue.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Promotion Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Merchandise Intelligence 4.2_M2 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D81.html#43416| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | alert |
| Date Modified: | 2011-06-15 11:49:01 |
| Date Created: | 2011-06-02 10:37:13 |