While Accessing Merchandising Project Get java.lang.NullPointerException Which Is Caused by a Bad Configuration Throwing Error "Can't parse definition file; SOURCE:org.xml.sax.SAXException: SAX error"

(Doc ID 2035462.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 22, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Commerce Platform - Version 10.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After upgrading ATG version to ATG 10.2 some assets in the BCC are not accessible or modifiable.
When a Merchandising users logs in and tries to access a Merchandising project, the following error occurs:
 

 

Cause

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