Problem Note 54782: A "NullPointerException" validation error occurs after you select "Validate Expression" in the SAS® Strategy Management Advanced Formula Editor
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In SAS Strategy Management, you might encounter the following error:
This error occurs when you do the following:
- You click the
icon and then click Apply formula from a scorecard-table column heading in SAS Strategy Management. - On the Apply a Formula to a Column page, you click the Advanced Formula button to define a column formula.
- You define your formula and click the Validate Expression button.
This problem is likely to occur when your formula includes reference to a specific element as opposed to the referencing the value of Current Element, which is the recommended specification when you apply a column formula.
Click 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 Strategy Management | 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |
| Linux for x64 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
A fix for this issue for SAS Strategy Management 5.5_M1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/S37.html#54782| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2014-12-24 11:57:48 |
| Date Created: | 2014-12-04 16:22:12 |