API-1019 error creating from idea template if dates are blank

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

API-1019 error creating an idea from a template if the template contains a cost plan and the Start and Finish dates are blank

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Create an idea and add a Start date and Finish dates
2. Financially enable the idea
3. Create a cost plan
4. Set the idea as a template
5. On the idea grid > New from Template > Select the template above
6. Fill the required data
7. The idea is created successfully using the template
8. On the idea template blank the Start and Finish dates
9. On the idea grid > New from Template > Select the template above
10. Fill the required data

Expected Results: The idea is created successfully using the template
Actual Results: API-1019 : Could not process the request due to internal error.

Environment

Clarity 16.2.X

Cause

This is caused by DE116024

Resolution

This is being analyzed by Engineering

Additional Information

app-ca.log shows following errors:

Caused by: com.niku.union.service.ServiceException: Service Exception
    at com.ca.clarity.financial.planning.copy.TemplatePlanProcessingService.copy(TemplatePlanProcessingService.java:163)
    at com.niku.projmgr.api.CopyObjectUtil.copyFinancialPlan(CopyObjectUtil.java:52)
    at com.niku.projmgr.api.CopyProjectAPI.copyProjectFromTemplate(CopyProjectAPI.java:151)
    at com.niku.projmgr.xql2.handlers.CopyProjectHandler.preProcess(CopyProjectHandler.java:83)
....
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.niku.xmlserver.core.NkDate.toDate(int)" because "calNewDate" is null
    at com.ca.clarity.financial.planning.copy.TemplatePlanCopyHelper.calculateDateShift(TemplatePlanCopyHelper.java:237)
    at com.ca.clarity.financial.planning.copy.TemplatePlanProcessingService.copyPlans(TemplatePlanProcessingService.java:280)
    at com.ca.clarity.financial.planning.copy.TemplatePlanProcessingService.copy(TemplatePlanProcessingService.java:143)
    ... 117 more