The Jammer fails: java.lang.NullPointerException

Products

• Automation Analytics & Intelligence

Issue/Introduction

The Jammer is failing with the error message below.

2024-08-11 02:45:47,092 WARN  [RunCycle] Jammer failed for scheduler: <SchedulerName>: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.termalabs.util.StringUtils.escapeChars(StringUtils.java:1533)
    at com.termalabs.util.StringUtils.escapeForRegEx(StringUtils.java:1522)
    at com.termalabs.server.helpers.JawsArchiveReader.<init>(JawsArchiveReader.java:89)
    at com.termalabs.server.autosys.jammer.AutosysNewJammer.processArchiveFiles(AutosysNewJammer.java:482)
    at com.termalabs.server.autosys.jammer.AutosysNewJammer.processRuns(AutosysNewJammer.java:330)
    at com.termalabs.server.system.RunCycle$JammerRunner.runJammer(RunCycle.java:1064)
    at com.termalabs.server.system.RunCycle$JammerRunner.run(RunCycle.java:1041)
    at com.termalabs.server.system.RunCycle.compute(RunCycle.java:284)
    at com.termalabs.server.system.CommonJammerSequence.runCycle(CommonJammerSequence.java:225)
    at com.termalabs.server.system.CommonJammerSequence.runJammerSequence(CommonJammerSequence.java:158)
    at com.termalabs.server.system.JammerSequence.run(JammerSequence.java:136)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source

 

Environment

Product: Automation Analytics & Intelligence v6.5.x

Cause

The "Archive File Pattern" and "File Delimiter" are not set in the Advanced option.

 

Resolution

-Remove the scheduler
 
-Add a scheduler

-Make sure to fill up "Archive File Pattern" and "File Delimiter"