When Attempting to Give Final Ratings For an Appraisal That is Re-opened, Error Occurs: java.lang.NullPointerException

(Doc ID 2009335.1)

Last updated on MARCH 08, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Performance Management - Version 12.1 HRMS RUP7 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
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Symptoms

On : 12.1.3 version, Appraisals

In Performance Management application when attempting to Give Final Ratings for an Appraisal that is re-opened,
the following error occurs.

ERROR
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oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAException.wrapperException(OAException.java:912)
at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAWebBeanHelper.processRequest(OAWebBeanHelper.java:620)
at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAWebBeanContainerHelper.processRequest(OAWebBeanContainerHelper.java:252)
at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.layout.OAHeaderBean.processRequest(OAHeaderBean.java:391)
at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAWebBeanHelper.processRequestChildren(OAWebBeanHelper.java:976)
at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAWebBeanHelper.processRequestChildren(OAWebBeanHelper.java:943)
at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAWebBeanHelper.processRequest(OAWebBeanHelper.java:663)


STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Login in application
2. Created the Appraisal
3. Submitted the appraisal
4. Reopened the appraisal
5. Try to give Final Ratings and error occur.

Cause

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