Article - CS49483

Getting error "Can't initialize an ObjectReference to null" when trying to display some groups' information after upgrading to Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 19-Sep-2016   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 9.1 M070 to 10.2

Description

Getting error "Can't initialize an ObjectReference to null" when trying to display some groups' information after upgrading:

ERROR : com.ptc.mvc.controllers.ExceptionController admin - error:-------------wt.util.WTRuntimeException: ERROR: Can't initialize an ObjectReference to null
wt.util.WTRuntimeException: ERROR: Can't initialize an ObjectReference to null
    at wt.fc.ObjectReference.initialize(ObjectReference.java:445)
    at wt.inf.container.WTContainerRef.initialize(WTContainerRef.java:126)
    at wt.inf.container.WTContainerRef.newWTContainerRef(WTContainerRef.java:111)
    at com.ptc.windchill.principal.group.mvc.builders.WTGroupInfoBuilder.isOrgOrSiteAdmin(WTGroupInfoBuilder.java:161)
    at com.ptc.windchill.principal.group.mvc.builders.WTGroupInfoBuilder.buildInfoConfig(WTGroupInfoBuilder.java:80)
    at com.ptc.mvc.components.AbstractInfoConfigBuilder.buildComponentConfig(AbstractInfoConfigBuilder.java:48)
    at com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentController.getComponentDefinition(ComponentController.java:197)
    at com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentController.handleRequest(ComponentController.java:97)
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