Identity Audit (IDA) Rule Containing Special Characters Throwing: java.lang.NullPointerException at oracle.iam.ida.internal.impl.PolicyViolationCauseManagerInternalImpl.prepareEntityFetch (Doc ID 2736949.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 20, 2022

Applies to:

Identity Manager - Version 12.2.1.3.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

An Identity Audit Rule was created with special characters like for example the dollar sign $ as we can see below:

On submitting a request that meets the above rule we do get a Policy Violation

Clicking the Policy Violations link on the above submit request

Displays the Error: An unresolvable error has occured. Please contact your administrator for more information.

and the following stack trace is thrown in the Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) diagnostic logs

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