Duplication of Customized KM Task Fails with Error "ODI-17789: Positions must be set positive" in ODI 12c (Doc ID 2554423.1)

Last updated on JUNE 16, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

When duplicating a step of a knowledge module in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 12c the following error occurs:

oracle.odi.domain.DomainRuntimeException: ODI-17789: Positions must be set positive.
  at oracle.odi.domain.util.Assert.isTrue(Assert.java:56)
  at oracle.odi.domain.project.ProcedureOption.setPosition(ProcedureOption.java:436)
  at oracle.odi.domain.project.OdiProcedureLine.copyFrom(OdiProcedureLine.java:626)
  at oracle.odi.domain.project.ComponentKMLine.copyFrom(ComponentKMLine.java:51)
  at oracle.odi.domain.project.OdiIKMLine.copyFrom(OdiIKMLine.java:59)
  at oracle.odi.domain.project.OdiProcedure.duplicateLine(OdiProcedure.java:791)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.procedurekm.KMTaskTreeTable.duplicateTask(KMTaskTreeTable.java:1208)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.frame.edit.EditFrameSnpProcedureKM.handleDuplicateTaskAction(EditFrameSnpProcedureKM.java:2071)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.frame.edit.EditFrameSnpProcedureKM.access$3400(EditFrameSnpProcedureKM.java:158)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.frame.edit.EditFrameSnpProcedureKM$8.actionPerformed(EditFrameSnpProcedureKM.java:1710)
  at com.sunopsis.graphical.procedurekm.KMTaskTreeTable$6.actionPerformed(KMTaskTreeTable.java:1123)
  at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
  ...

This is a customized knowledge module which was created in ODI 11g and upgraded to 12c.

Steps leading to the error:

1. Using ODI Studio, edit the customized knowledge module.
2. Go to "Tasks" and attempt to duplicate a step. The error will occur,
3. Add a new step, note that it works.

Changes

Cause

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