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Re: Error when loading section form

 

Hi Lars,
Thanks for this. I think the underlying issue was that the information was
not properly transmitted with DXF. The basic workflow was to obtain data
elements and categories/category combos/options  from a master instance and
import these into a slave instance. A data set was then imported from the
master instance. Lastly, a section form related to the dataset was
imported. I am pretty sure that the necessary data elements operands were
not transmitted. This could have been because were were accessing resources
from the API and not the metadata endpoint (as we did not have authority to
export metadata). So, it could have been something in the workflow. Our
solution however, was to get rid of the grey fields related to this section
form, and then it worked fine.

It would be exceedingly troublesome to attempt to reproduce this, but you
might just want to check that all necessary information to recreate a
section form is actually present in the metadata available in the API end
point.

Best regards,
Jason



On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> from looking in the code it seems this is related to disabled fields in
> the form ("greyed out" entry cells). I have made the code more defensive so
> at least it won't chrash in trunk and 2.13 now.
>
> The tables to investigate are:
>
> sectiongreyedfields
>   dataelementoperand
>     dataelement
>     categoryoptioncombo
>
> I can guess that there is record in table dataelementoperand with a null
> value for column dataelementid or categoryoptioncomboid.
>
> Hard to say what causes this. Could be an issue with the import. Let us
> know if you find anything weird,
>
> Lars
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Jason Pickering <
> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Devs,
>>
>> Using 2.13, rev 12808
>>
>> We have imported metadata from another DHIS2 instance, but getting an
>> error when trying to load a section form. Any ideas what might be the cause
>> of this? I suspect we are missing something which should have been
>> transferred from the other instance, but not sure what?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> * ERROR 2013-11-10 04:34:54,990 Error while executing action
>> (ExceptionInterceptor.java [http-bio-8080-exec-9])
>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.de.action.LoadFormAction.getSectionForm(LoadFormAction.java:407)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.de.action.LoadFormAction.execute(LoadFormAction.java:374)
>>         at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor944.invoke(Unknown Source)
>>         at
>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>>         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeAction(DefaultActionInvocation.java:450)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeActionOnly(DefaultActionInvocation.java:289)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:252)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.webportal.interceptor.XWorkPortalUserInterceptor.intercept(XWorkPortalUserInterceptor.java:88)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.webportal.interceptor.XWorkPortalModuleInterceptor.intercept(XWorkPortalModuleInterceptor.java:93)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.webportal.interceptor.XWorkPortalMenuInterceptor.intercept(XWorkPortalMenuInterceptor.java:97)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.webportal.interceptor.XWorkPortalParamsInterceptor.intercept(XWorkPortalParamsInterceptor.java:119)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.interceptor.ContextInterceptor.intercept(ContextInterceptor.java:83)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.interceptor.UserSettingInterceptor.intercept(UserSettingInterceptor.java:81)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.security.intercept.LoginInterceptor.intercept(LoginInterceptor.java:85)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.security.intercept.XWorkSecurityInterceptor.intercept(XWorkSecurityInterceptor.java:113)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.interceptor.SystemSettingInterceptor.intercept(SystemSettingInterceptor.java:106)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.interceptor.I18nInterceptor.intercept(I18nInterceptor.java:136)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ParametersInterceptor.doIntercept(ParametersInterceptor.java:249)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.StaticParametersInterceptor.intercept(StaticParametersInterceptor.java:191)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.interceptor.ExceptionInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionInterceptor.java:110)
>>         at
>> com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:246)
>>         at
>> org.apache.struts2.impl.StrutsActionProxy.execute(StrutsActionProxy.java:54)
>>         at
>> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.serviceAction(Dispatcher.java:546)
>>         at
>> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.ExecuteOperations.executeAction(ExecuteOperations.java:77)
>>         at
>> org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.doFilter(StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.java:91)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:118)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:84)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:113)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:103)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:113)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:54)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:45)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:150)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:183)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.security.filter.CustomAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(CustomAuthenticationFilter.java:64)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:105)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.hisp.dhis.security.filter.AutomaticAccessFilter.doFilter(AutomaticAccessFilter.java:113)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:342)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:192)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:160)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:343)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:260)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:152)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:88)
>>         at
>> org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
>>         at
>> org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987)
>>         at
>> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:579)
>>         at
>> org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:307)
>>         at
>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1146)
>>         at
>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
>>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
>>
>>
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