AWI: Drag and drop an object from the search results into a JOBP leads to an error

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine
• CA Automic One Automation

Issue/Introduction

When you drag-and-drop an object from search results into the Workflow designer, it is showing  the below error.

You are unable to save the object after this error.

The AWI popup/log show this error:

2026-01-15 14:10:10,917 pool-2-thread-44       [ERROR] AUTOMIC:100/<USER>/<DEPARTMENT> node01lsgw0x0k9lcr232n0w9rzf431-0 0000000001000053  [com.uc4.ecc.framework.commons.controls.messageprovider.MessageProvider] - An unexpected error occurred. Further details are available in the logfiles.
com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager$RpcInvocationException: Unable to invoke method itemDropped in com.uc4.ecc.widgets.canvas.gwe.gwt.client.ui.rpc.WorkflowServerRpc
 at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:157)
 at com.vaadin.server.ServerRpcManager.applyInvocation(ServerRpcManager.java:114)
 at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocation(ServerRpcHandler.java:432)
 at com.vaadin.server.communication.ServerRpcHandler.handleInvocations(ServerRpcHandler.java:397)
<...>
 Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.uc4.ecc.ae.commons.controls.objectpicking.IObjectProvider.getSelections()" because the return value of "com.uc4.ecc.ae.commons.controls.objectpicking.ObjectProviderTabSheetController.getCurrentProvider()" is null
 at com.uc4.ecc.plugins.ae.perspectives.common.views.editor.WorkflowEditorViewController$1.get(WorkflowEditorViewController.java:232)
 at com.uc4.ecc.plugins.ae.perspectives.common.views.editor.WorkflowEditorViewController$1.get(WorkflowEditorViewController.java:227)
 at com.uc4.ecc.plugins.ae.perspectives.common.views.editor.gwe.WorkflowEditorContentController.getObjectPickerSelections(WorkflowEditorContentController.java:450)
 at com.uc4.ecc.plugins.ae.perspectives.common.views.editor.gwe.WorkflowEditorContentController$4.itemDropped(WorkflowEditorContentController.java:324)
 at com.uc4.ecc.widgets.canvas.gwe.eventhandling.EventHandler.itemDropped(EventHandler.java:77)
 ... 77 common frames omitted

Cause

DE181316

Resolution

A fix for this issue is planned for 24.4.4, currently expected to be released in March of 2026.

Workaround: Objects can still be dragged and dropped from the  Object panel > Explorer tab.