Support Article
Required icon does not display after Pega 8.2.1 upgrade
SA-83618
Summary
On upgrading to Pega 8.2.1, the Required symbol (that is, asterisk (*)) does not display in the UI for fields that are marked mandatory. Additionally, the Date picker controls do not display the Calendar icon.
Error Messages
Not Applicable
Steps to Reproduce
Set a control as Required Always on a section.
Root Cause
The GIF mime-mapping, required to process the gif images, was not present in the web.xml of the Tomcat directory.
Resolution
Perform the following local-change:
Add the GIF Mime mapping in web.xml.
<mime-mapping>
<extension>gif</extension>
<mime-type>image/gif</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>
Published December 2, 2021
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