Agile Central - HPQC: Connector Error undefined method gsub for nil:NilClass

Products

• Rally On-Premise
• Rally SaaS

Issue/Introduction

Requirements do not sync, however other work items have no problems.

The following error is seen in the logs:

[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.rescue in run_services - Unexpected exception occurred
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.exception - Message undefined method `gsub' for nil:NilClass
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.exception - Stack Trace
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/fields/hp_fields_collection.rb:28:in `block in find_by'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/fields/hp_fields_collection.rb:28:in `each'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/fields/hp_fields_collection.rb:28:in `find'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/fields/hp_fields_collection.rb:28:in `find_by'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/fields/hp_fields_collection.rb:52:in `translate_field_identifier'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/fields/hp_fields_collection.rb:57:in `get_name_for_field_identifier'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/query/hp_query-conditions.rb:40:in `transform_condition'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/query/hp_query-conditions.rb:22:in `block in build_query_conditions'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/query/hp_query-conditions.rb:21:in `map'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/query/hp_query-conditions.rb:21:in `build_query_conditions'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/query/hp_query-conditions.rb:14:in `construct_query_statement'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/query/hp_query.rb:47:in `query_statement'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/query/hp_query.rb:23:in `construct_query_url'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/client/hp_client.rb:187:in `find'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rally_hp_alm_api-1.0.3/lib/rally_hp_alm_api/client/hp_client-requirements_folders.rb:9:in `find_root_requirements_folder'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rallyeif-qc-4.8.0/lib/rallyeif/qc/qc_connection/qc_connection.rb:147:in `setup_requirements_info'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rallyeif-qc-4.8.0/lib/rallyeif/qc/qc_connection/qc_connection.rb:131:in `connect'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rallyeif-wrk-1.3.0/lib/rallyeif/wrk/connector_runner.rb:513:in `run_services'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rallyeif-wrk-1.3.0/lib/rallyeif/wrk/connector_runner.rb:347:in `block in run'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rallyeif-wrk-1.3.0/lib/rallyeif/wrk/connector_runner.rb:286:in `each'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rallyeif-wrk-1.3.0/lib/rallyeif/wrk/connector_runner.rb:286:in `run'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/rallyeif-qc-4.8.0/bin/ca_agile_central2_hpalm_connector.rb:12:in `<top (required)>'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/bin/ca_agile_central2_hpalm_connector.rb:23:in `load'
[2018-06-26 21:46:48 Z] ERROR : RallyEIF::WRK::ConnectorRunner.block in exception - C:/Ruby22-x64/bin/ca_agile_central2_hpalm_connector.rb:23:in `<main>'

Environment

HP ALM Connector v4.8.0

Cause

It is believed that this issue is a result of having, at some time, had version control enabled on a project in the ALM system.

Once version control has been enabled, it appears that a field in an ALM requirement is sent without a field name, thus resulting in an unexpected condition in the connector.

Resolution

This has been resolved in the 4.8.2 and higher builds of the connector.

Please contact support for a copy of the connector.