Article - CS271201
The display of classified parts fails when clicking Classification node under Classification Explorer Search in Windchill PartsLink
Modified: 30-Jul-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PartsLink 11.0 to 12.0
- Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 12.0
Description
- The display of classified parts fails when clicking the Classification node under Classification Explorer Search
- Searching Part with particular Classification node resulting to An unexpected error has occurred while performing a search. Please contact the system administrator
- Getting below error on the user interface while clicking on few Classification nodes in the Classification Explorer
An unexpected error has occurred while performing a search. Please contact the system administrator
- In the interface the following error is showing while using classification search
- And in the Method server log when accessing Classification Nodes
com.ptc.mvc.controllers.ExceptionController user - message : An unexpected error has occurred. Contact your system administrator for assistance. error:-------------java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.AttributeInfoBeanHelper.getAttributeInfoBeanFromReadView(AttributeInfoBeanHelper.java:251) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.AttributeInfoBeanManager.getAttributeInfoBeanForClassificaion(AttributeInfoBeanManager.java:705)
- Getting below error while clicking on the node in the classification explorer to see the classified Parts/Objects:
com.ptc.mvc.controllers.ExceptionController lwlkug0_adm - message : Can't find resource for bundle com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.client.searchClientResource, key SEARCH_ERROR error:-------------java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for bundle com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.client.searchClientResource, key SEARCH_ERROR java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for bundle com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.client.searchClientResource, key SEARCH_ERROR at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(ResourceBundle.java:450) at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(ResourceBundle.java:444) at java.util.ResourceBundle.getString(ResourceBundle.java:407) at wt.util.WTMessage.getLocalizedMessage(WTMessage.java:479) at wt.util.WTMessage.getLocalizedMessage(WTMessage.java:390) at com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController.getErrorPageModelAndView(SearchResultsController.java:115) at com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController.processRequest(SearchResultsController.java:101) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1466.invoke(Unknown Source)
- Exception while using Classification Explorer to search nodes
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController xxxx - java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.AttributeInfoBeanHelper.getAttributeInfoBeanFromReadView(AttributeInfoBeanHelper.java:246) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.AttributeInfoBeanManager.getAttributeInfoBeanForClassificaion(AttributeInfoBeanManager.java:720) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.AttributeInfoBeanManager.getClassificationNodeAttributes(AttributeInfoBeanManager.java:669) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.AttributeInfoBeanManager.getBeans(AttributeInfoBeanManager.java:251) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.updateSearchBeanMap(NmSearchCommands.java:155) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.updateAndPopulateBeans(NmSearchCommands.java:2301) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.search(NmSearchCommands.java:1312) at com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController.processRequest(SearchResultsController.java:98) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1882.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:197) at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:141) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:106) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:894) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:808) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1063) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:963) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:909) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:681) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at com.ptc.core.ui.validation.URLValidationFilter.doFilter(URLValidationFilter.java:86) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:712) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:462) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:388) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:316) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:171) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:316) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1396) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1141) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1080) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:963) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:909) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:681) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.licenseusage.licensing.LicenseFilter.doFilter(LicenseFilter.java:47) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at com.ptc.core.ui.validation.URLValidationFilter.doFilter(URLValidationFilter.java:86) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.httpgw.filter.WTContextBeanFilter.doWithWtContextBeanHandler(WTContextBeanFilter.java:104) at wt.httpgw.filter.WTContextBeanFilter.doFilter(WTContextBeanFilter.java:58) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.servlet.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:301) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.servlet.RequestInterrupter.doFilter(RequestInterrupter.java:335) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at wt.servlet.ServletRequestMonitor.doFilter(ServletRequestMonitor.java:1660) at wt.servlet.ServletRequestMonitorFilter.doFilter(ServletRequestMonitorFilter.java:56) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:196) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:544) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:135) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:364) at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.service(AjpProcessor.java:526) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:831) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1660) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Below error is seen in MethodServer logs while accessing Classicaition Nodes:
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController - null java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.AttributeInfoBeanHelper.getAttributeInfoBeanFromReadView(AttributeInfoBeanHelper.java:424) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.AttributeInfoBeanManager.getAttributeInfoBeanForClassificaion(AttributeInfoBeanManager.java:720) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.AttributeInfoBeanManager.getClassificationNodeAttributes(AttributeInfoBeanManager.java:669) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.AttributeInfoBeanManager.getBeans(AttributeInfoBeanManager.java:251) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.updateSearchBeanMap(NmSearchCommands.java:155) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.updateAndPopulateBeans(NmSearchCommands.java:2301) at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.search(NmSearchCommands.java:1312) at com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController.processRequest(SearchResultsController.java:98) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1309.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
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