Updating Proxy Task dates does not update the Parent Task dates

Products

• CLARITY PPM FOR ITG
• CLARITY PPM FEDERAL
• Clarity PPM SaaS - Application
• Clarity PPM On Premise

Issue/Introduction

Issue:

When the start and/or finish dates of a subproject are set outside of the parent start and/or finish dates of the parent project, the parent project start and/or finish dates should be pushed out. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a parent project with a short duration 
2. Create a subproject with a short duration that falls within the parent project. Add the project as a subproject of the parent. 
3. Push the start and/or finish dates of the subproject out beyond the parent start and/or finish

Expected Result: That the parent dates will be pushed out as well

 

Actual Result: They are not and there is an error seen in the logs

ERROR 2015-12-15 12:11:43,304 [http-nio-80-exec-1] xql2.rule (clarity:admin:5151018__68553796-5536-40B4-A226-23F43E650415:projmgr.projectPropertiesPost) InvInvestmentsRule.updateProxyTasks

java.lang.NullPointerException

at com.niku.xql2.pmd.rules.INVInvestmentsRule.updateProxyTasks(INVInvestmentsRule.java:686)

at com.niku.xql2.pmd.rules.INVInvestmentsRule.onPostUpdate(INVInvestmentsRule.java:593)

 

at com.niku.xql2.odf.ODFRecord.update(ODFRecord.java:267) 

Cause:

Caused by CLRT-79496

This issue is reproduced only in v14.3 which was caused by a fix for CLRT-77804 : Auto-start on update processes launch on hierarchical parents of projects when the start or finish date of the child project is changed

Resolution:

Resolved in CA PPM 14.3 Generic Patch #3 

Additional Information:

Reference TEC1696455 : PPM 14.3 Generic Patch available to resolve reported issues
Reference KB000097276: Proxy Task Duration Not Calculating Correctly

 

Environment

Release: ESPCLA99000-14.3-Clarity-Extended Support Plus
Component:

Resolution

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