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NPE related to ProcessBatch activity
Summary
Many entries of Null Pointer Exception (NPE) from ProcessBatch activity in the log file.
Error Messages
2016-10-05 00:00:49,043 [ PegaRULES-Batch-3] [ STANDARD] [ an_app:01.01.01] (cessBatch.System_Queue_.Action) ERROR - One of the child requestors failed in running offer flows in batch.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.pegarules.generated.activity.ra_action_processbatch_b23c9a0ad277be7a52f420ef7f7e3436.step2_circum0(ra_action_processbatch_b23c9a0ad277be7a52f420ef7f7e3436.java:743)
at com.pegarules.generated.activity.ra_action_processbatch_b23c9a0ad277be7a52f420ef7f7e3436.perform(ra_action_processbatch_b23c9a0ad277be7a52f420ef7f7e3436.java:89)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.mgmt.Executable.doActivity(Executable.java:3505)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.mgmt.base.ThreadRunner.runActivitiesAlt(ThreadRunner.java:646)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.mgmt.base.ThreadRunner.runActivities(ThreadRunner.java:572)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.mgmt.PRThreadImpl.runActivities(PRThreadImpl.java:453)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.async.agent.QueueProcessor.executeBatchTask(QueueProcessor.java:257)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.async.agent.QueueProcessor.execute(QueueProcessor.java:320)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.async.BatchRequestorTask.run(BatchRequestorTask.java:945)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.PRSessionProviderImpl.performTargetActionWithLock(PRSessionProviderImpl.java:1259)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.PRSessionProviderImpl.doWithRequestorLocked(PRSessionProviderImpl.java:1008)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.PRSessionProviderImpl.doWithRequestorLocked(PRSessionProviderImpl.java:901)
at com.pega.pegarules.session.internal.async.BatchRequestorTask.run(BatchRequestorTask.java:670)
at com.pega.jsr166backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:991)
at com.pega.jsr166backport.java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:532)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Steps to Reproduce
As mentioned above.
Root Cause
A defect or configuration issue in the operating environment . the system was upgraded from Pega 7.1.6 and Next-Best-Action Marketing (NBAM) 7.11.1 to Pega 7.1.9 and PM 7.13.
In PRPC System Queue table, there was one queue item for Wait flow for a program run from older NBAM version.
Resolution
Perform the following local-change:
Use the System Management Application to delete the System-Queue-Waitflow queue item for an older program run.
Published August 23, 2017 - Updated December 2, 2021
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