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When Using "Apply and Update Next" Button From Update Objectives Page Error Java.Lang.NullPointerException Error Is Raised (Doc ID 2946385.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 09, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Performance Management - Version 12.2.5 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When attempting to update objectives and click on "Apply and Update Next" button, some objectives are skipped, and at the end the following error occurs:

"You have encountered an unexpected error" is the error message displayed on the application page (Update Objectives Page)

The actual error message can be seen in the Java Error Stack as below:

ERROR
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## Detail 0 ##

java.lang.NullPointerException

at oracle.apps.per.selfservice.objectives.server.ObjectivesAMImpl.updateObjective(ObjectivesAMImpl.java:327)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAUtility.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAUtility.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAApplicationModuleImpl.invokeMethod(OAApplicationModuleImpl.java:783)

at oracle.apps.per.selfservice.objectives.webui.ObjDetailsCO.processRequest(ObjDetailsCO.java:66)





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

1. Log in as Manager.

2. Go to Manager Self Service responsibility.

3. Navigate to Performance Management page.

4. Click on Update Manage Appraisal Task from Performance Plan.

5. Go to Update Appraisal.

6. Click on Update first objective > Then click on "Apply and Update Next" button.

7. When click on "Apply and Update Next" option some objectives are skipped.

8. Get error when click "Apply and Update Next" button for the last objective -> "You have encountered an unexpected error".




Changes

 Issue happened after customer applied patch 33796815:R12.PER.C.

Cause

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