Adding Identity Filter Error -- NullPointerException or Permission Denied

  • 7011009
  • 07-Jul-2010
  • 19-Oct-2012

Resolution

In Access Governance Suite versions prior to 5.0, the following errors have been reported when adding an Identity Attribute Filter without assigning a type.

Action:

Define --> Roles --> IT Role Mining (tab) --> Identity Attribute Filter (Filter Source widget) --> Add Filter.

Error A. Permission Denied

Error B. NullPointerException

ERROR sailpoint.web.util.NetIQActionListener:29 - Caught unhandled JSF exception: javax.faces.FacesException: #{backingBean.newFilter}: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: /analyze/advanced/addFilters.xhtml @129,34 action="#{backingBean.newFilter}": java.lang.NullPointerException javax.faces.FacesException: #{backingBean.newFilter}: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: /analyze/advanced/addFilters.xhtml @129,34 action="#{backingBean.newFilter}": java.lang.NullPointerException

Recommended Solution

In versions prior to 5.0, assign an extended attribute type to avoid these errors. To do this, the XML will have to be edited directly by adding type = 'string' to the extended attribute's ObjectAttribute definition (assuming it is a string).

This behavior has been changed in Access Governance Suite 5.0.