Why am I getting a NullPointerException when sending credential management reports by e-mail ?

Products

• CA Privileged Access Manager - Cloakware Password Authority (PA)
• PAM SAFENET LUNA HSM
• CA Privileged Access Manager (PAM)

Issue/Introduction

We are trying to configure scheduled reports of Credential Management to be scheduled and sent via e-mail

If in the In the "manage password" interface, we go to Policy > Manage Password, then into Reports > Scheduled, and then we hit the test-send command, A NullPointerException is generated in the catalina logs

Jun 08, 2018 3:14:21 PM com.cloakware.cspm.server.app.impl.r c
INFO: AddScheduleJobCmd DEFAULT.test job has been scheduled to run at: Fri Jun 08 15:18:00 UTC 2018 Jun 08, 2018 3:18:00 PM com.cloakware.cspm.server.security.ScheduledJob execute
INFO: ScheduledJob.execute starting
Jun 08, 2018 3:18:00 PM com.cloakware.cspm.server.security.ScheduledJob execute
INFO: ScheduledJob.execute commandRequest:scheduleReport Jun 08, 2018 3:18:00 PM com.cloakware.cspm.common.util.ab g
SEVERE: XmlUtils.XML2Doc error
java.lang.NullPointerException

However, CA PAM is authorized to send  email and it is correctly configured since the reports sent by email from the access management part of the product ("sessions > Logs") works.  In the password management part of the product, all jobs end up in error.

How can we solve this problem ?

Environment

CA PAM 2.8.4 and below

Resolution

The reason for the mail error in version 2.8.4 is that the timezone region and timezone information are  missing in the Database and User interface.
The fastest solution for this is to  go to Settings ---> UI Settings---> Default Preferences, choose your timezone details and 'save' it: this will write the missing data in Database again and the error will cease to be