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Invite Members to Group Space Fails in WebCenter Spaces (Doc ID 1068640.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 02, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 11.1.1.2.0 to 11.1.1.2.0 [Release 11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms


The following error message shows in a popup window when trying to invite a new user as a participant to a group space:

WCS#2010.02.24.18.22.18: Sending invitation to user(s) failed. The reason is : Can not retrieve group space workflow configuration. Please contact administrator..


This is accompanied by the following exceptions in WLS_Spaces-diagnostic.log:

[2010-02-24T18:22:18.822+00:00] [WLS_Spaces] [ERROR] [] [oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: <USER>] [ecid: <ECID>] [APP: webcenter] [URI: /webcenter/faces/oracle/webcenter/community/view/pages/mgmt/CommunityAdministration.jspx] [[
oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp.WebCenterException: Sending invitation to user(s) failed. The reason is : Can not retrieve group space workflow configuration. Please contact administrator..
at oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp.internal.view.backing.WebCenterAdminSecurityBean.invokeInviteMembers(WebCenterAdminSecurityBean.java:1735)
at oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp.internal.view.backing.WebCenterAdminSecurityBean.addInviteMembers(WebCenterAdminSecurityBean.java:2664)
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 com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:157)
at com.sun.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:283)
at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.taglib.util.MethodExpressionMethodBinding.invoke(MethodExpressionMethodBinding.java:53)
at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.broadcastToMethodBinding(UIXComponentBase.java:1245)
at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXCommand.broadcast(UIXCommand.java:183)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.UIXRegion.broadcast(UIXRegion.java:148)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.ContextSwitchingComponent$1.run(ContextSwitchingComponent.java:90)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.ContextSwitchingComponent._processPhase(ContextSwitchingComponent.java:309)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.ContextSwitchingComponent.broadcast(ContextSwitchingComponent.java:94)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.UIXInclude.broadcast(UIXInclude.java:102)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.ContextSwitchingComponent$1.run(ContextSwitchingComponent.java:90)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.ContextSwitchingComponent._processPhase(ContextSwitchingComponent.java:309)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.ContextSwitchingComponent.broadcast(ContextSwitchingComponent.java:94)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.UIXInclude.broadcast(UIXInclude.java:96)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.UIXRegion.broadcast(UIXRegion.java:148)
at oracle.adf.view.rich.component.fragment.ContextSwitchingComponent$1.run(ContextSwitchingComponent.java:90)
....
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:227)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:125)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:292)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:26)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
at oracle.portlet.client.adapter.adf.ADFPortletFilter.doFilter(ADFPortletFilter.java:26)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
at oracle.security.wls.filter.SSOSessionSynchronizationFilter.doFilter(SSOSessionSynchronizationFilter.java:279)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
at com.bea.content.manager.servlets.ContentServletFilter.doFilter(ContentServletFilter.java:178)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
at oracle.webcenter.generalsettings.model.provider.GeneralSettingsProviderFilter.doFilter(GeneralSettingsProviderFilter.java:73)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:56)
at oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp.internal.view.webapp.WebCenterShellPageRedirectionFilter.doFilter(WebCenterShellPageRedirectionFilter.java:242)
......
Caused by: oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp.WebCenterException: Can not retrieve group space workflow configuration. Please contact administrator.
at oracle.webcenter.community.utils.CommunityWorkflowUtil.getBPELURL(CommunityWorkflowUtil.java:266)
at oracle.webcenter.community.utils.CommunityWorkflowUtil.getInviteWebServiceEndpoint(CommunityWorkflowUtil.java:298)
at oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp.internal.view.backing.WebCenterAdminSecurityBean.invokeInviteMembers(WebCenterAdminSecurityBean.java:1632)
... 87 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.webcenter.community.utils.CommunityWorkflowUtil.getBPELURL(CommunityWorkflowUtil.java:212)
... 89 more

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Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to Settings -> Members tab of the Group Space.
2. Specify a user and select the role.
3. Choose the option:  Invite users, let users decide whether to join group space
4. Click on Add Members

    Notice you get the popup error

Cause

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