Oracle Fusion Learning Cloud: Learning Request Approval Rule For Non-Catalog Learning Request Is Failing (Doc ID 2585682.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

Approval Rules have been configured which act differently depending on whether the learning request is for catalog or non catalog learning.

The goal is that when a catalog learning item is requested, it goes to the line manager to approve, but when a non-catalog learning item is requested, it is automatically approved (self auto approve).

For example the following 2 rules have been created from:

• Home/Tools/Transaction Console
• click on 'Approval Rules' tab
• search for "Learning Request"
• click on 'Configure Rules' pencil icon

A) Rule to handle when the Learning Item type is from the catalog:

B) Rule to handle when the learning item type is a non catalog request:

However, when non-catalog learning is requested as follows:

• Log in as a test user
• Go to  Home/Me/Learning
• Actions: Request Non catalog learning

Instead of being self auto approved, it's failing with a fault in the backend:

Attempted to invoke method "contains" in class "java.lang.String" on a null object reference. at line 15 column 13 in /Ruleset(LearningRequestApproval)/Rule(LearningRequestNoAutoApproval)/Pattern(v0_Task)/Test[4]

Cause

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