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Problem Note 47894: A system error occurs when opening a SAS® Financial Management web data-entry form
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The following error might occur when opening a SAS Financial Management web data-entry form:
A system error has occurred. Please contact your system administrator.
This error occurs if the form contains a calculated member that uses the fmRate method and includes a dimension that is specified in incorrect case.
For example, you use this formula:
fmRate("RateOfReturn", "Product", "Stocks")
This problem occurs if the dimension is in all upper case letters (for example, PRODUCT).
If this problem occurs, an error similar to the following is written to the LogsSASFinancialManagementWebDataEntry5.3.log in the location \Lev1\Web\:
09-17 08:48:51,218 ERROR [(sasdemo_Form Editor - TestRateForm - Corporate Legal_NewTable0)]:null
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:334) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.view.Table.getDisplayHierarchyByDimensionTypeCode(Table.java:1305) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.model.RateMethodQuery.getHierarchyForCode(RateMethodQuery.java:960) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.model.RateMethodQuery.processExtraDims(RateMethodQuery.java:1005) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.model.RateMethodQuery.scanForAnyRate(RateMethodQuery.java:481) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.model.RateMethodQuery.scanForRateMethods(RateMethodQuery.java:286) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.view.Table.getTableDataInner(Table.java:7740) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.view.Table.getTableData(Table.java:6838) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.session.SASFMSessionFlexImpl.getTableData(SASFMSessionFlexImpl.java:1175) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.controller.OLAPDataSetManager.getTableData(OLAPDataSetManager.java:398) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.controller.OLAPDataSetManager.getTableDisplay(OLAPDataSetManager.java:174) at com.sas.solutions.fms.webapp.dataentry.controller.OLAPDataSetManager.getTableDisplay(OLAPDataSetManager.java:145) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at flex.messaging.services.remoting.adapters.JavaAdapter.invoke(JavaAdapter.java:421) at flex.messaging.services.RemotingService.serviceMessage(RemotingService.java:183) at flex.messaging.MessageBroker.routeMessageToService(MessageBroker.java:1406) at flex.messaging.endpoints.AbstractEndpoint.serviceMessage(AbstractEndpoint.java:1005) at flex.messaging.endpoints.AbstractEndpoint$$FastClassByCGLIB$$1a3ef066.invoke(<generated>) at net.sf.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:191) at org.springframework.aop.framework.Cglib2AopProxy$CglibMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(Cglib2AopProxy.java:688) at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:150) at org.springframework.flex.core.MessageInterceptionAdvice.invoke(MessageInterceptionAdvice.java:66) at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172) at org.springframework.aop.framework.adapter.ThrowsAdviceInterceptor.invoke(ThrowsAdviceInterceptor.java:124)
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Financial Management | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||