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Calculation Error When Using Size Profiles (Doc ID 1370059.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 10, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Retail Allocation - Version 13.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When attempting to calculate an allocation with size profile, the following error occurs.


Calculation error

The log files shows:
ERROR com.retek.alloc.utils.AllocException (?:?) -
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.retek.alloc.calculation.CalculationFashionStyleColor.createItemSourceLocations(CalculationFashionStyleColor.java:166)
at com.retek.alloc.calculation.cascade.PostNeedCalculatorImpl.postCalculate(PostNeedCalculatorImpl.java:43)
at com.retek.alloc.calculation.Calculation.calculateNeed(Calculation.java:151)
at com.retek.alloc.calculation.CalculationDelegator.buildNeed(CalculationDelegator.java:44)
at com.retek.alloc.calculation.CalculationWrapper.calculate(CalculationWrapper.java:173)
at com.retek.alloc.business.Allocation.calculate(Allocation.java:790)
at com.retek.alloc.queue.QueueProcessorStandardCalculation.doPerform(QueueProcessorStandardCalculation.java:17)
at com.retek.alloc.queue.QueueProcessor.perform(QueueProcessor.java:34)
at com.retek.alloc.queue.QueueProcess.run(QueueProcess.java:53)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
2011-07-15 13:01:12,855 (com.oracle.retail.integration.common.security.credential.CredentialStoreManager) - Extracting userName(alloc13dev) for key/userNameAlias(alloc13dev).
2011-07-15 13:01:12,853 ERROR com.retek.alloc.queue.QueueProcessorStandardCalculation (?:?) -
com.retek.alloc.utils.AllocException: Allocation calculate failed.
at com.retek.alloc.business.Allocation.calculate(Allocation.java:804)
at com.retek.alloc.queue.QueueProcessorStandardCalculation.doPerform(QueueProcessorStandardCalculation.java:17)
at com.retek.alloc.queue.QueueProcessor.perform(QueueProcessor.java:34)
at com.retek.alloc.queue.QueueProcess.run(QueueProcess.java:53)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)


Steps to recreate:

  1. Create an item with two differentiator (diff) groups assigned and enable the flag "Item aggregate" at style level and for one diff group
  2. Create a size profile for this item
  3. Create an allocation for the item
  4. Notice, the Allocation Status is "Calculation Error"

Cause

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