'Application Preference Setting Not Set by Sysadmin for PFT' & Java.lang.NullPointerException (Doc ID 2065034.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 13, 2015

Applies to:

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure - Version 7.3.5.0.0 and later
Oracle Financial Services Funds Transfer Pricing - Version 6.1 and later
Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management - Version 6.1 and later
Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management - Version 6.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA)

Symptoms

In Oracle Financial Services Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP), Profitability Management (PFT), or Asset Liability Management (ALM) 6.1, when you go to Application Preferences, you get the following error:

java.lang.NullPointerException
  at com.ofs.fsapps.commonapps.core.preference.action.ApplicationPreferenceAction.init(ApplicationPreferenceAction.java:256)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611) at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeAction(DefaultActionInvocation.java:404)
etc.

The following error exists in the fsapps.log in the Tomcat/Websphere/Weblogic OFSAA log directory:

[10-10-15 11:48:36 AM] ~ INFO ~ FSAPPS ~ [COMMONAPP] Failed to fetch applicaltion preference
java.lang.Exception: Application preference setting not set by sysadmin for PFT
   at com.ofs.fsapps.commonapps.core.preference.model.ApplicationPreferenceModel.getApplicationPreference(ApplicationPreferenceModel.java:126)
   at com.ofs.fsapps.commonapps.core.preference.model.ApplicationPreferenceModel.getApplicationPreferenceProperty(ApplicationPreferenceModel.java:234)
   at com.ofs.fsapps.commonapps.core.utill.PreferenceClient.getApplicationPreferenceProperty(PreferenceClient.java:85)
   at com.ibm._jsp._topBanner._jspService(_topBanner.java:305)
   at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)

As a result of the errors, you cannot open Application Preferences.

Cause

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