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

Last updated on DECEMBER 03, 2019

Applies to:

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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