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Problem Note 49728: "The procedure was unable to list the business data definitions" might occur when you attempt to list data items using the INFOMAPS procedure
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When you use the LIST statement to display the contents of an information map, you might see the following error.
[ java.lang.NullPointerException ] ERROR: The procedure was unable to list the business data definitions for the current information map.
This error occurs when a default aggregation is not specified for one or more categories.
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
- In SAS Information Map Studio, open the information map.
- Open the properties for each category in the information map, and then click the Classifications, Aggregations, Formats tab.
- Save the information map.
If the Default aggregate function is blank as shown in the following display, then select the Measure classification, and then switch back to Category.
COUNT(argument) should now be filled in.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M1 | ||