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Issue: An option to select the Liferay version is not available in Liferay Developer Studio

Issue While creating a workspace using LiferayDeveloperStudio-3.1.2, an option to select the Liferay version is not available in LDS. Environment LiferayDeveloperStudio-3.1.2-ga3-windows Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution By...

The dependency versions are not removed by Liferay Upgrade Planner

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Issue While upgrading code using Liferay Upgrade Planner, the dependency versions are not removed by Liferay Upgrade Planner after the step of "Remove Dependency Versions". Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay Dev Studio...

Gradle builds failing to complete

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Issue When using Gradle my builds are failing to complete Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 + Gradle ver. 4.10.2 Resolution Please try downgrading to Gradle ver. 3.5.1 and then repeating the full build process...

Unable to Update User Records Using UserLocalServiceUtil Class

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Issue The root issue is that using user.persist(); more than once while attempting to update User data via the UserLocalServiceUtil class fails in DXP 7.1. Example of failed code: user =...

The Command getPortletPath(PortletDataContext portletDataContext) does not return portlet's path

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Issue Using the command protected String getPortletPath(PortletDataContext portletDataContext) { return portletDataContext.getPortletPath("quizentry_WAR_aaaportlet"); } to retrieve a portlet's path does not work,...

Method Name Change for JournalTemplateServiceUtil.getStructureTemplates(groupId, structureId)

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Issue In the past, developers could get the list of JournalTemplates in Portal 6.2 using JournalTemplateServiceUtil.getStructureTemplates(groupId, structureId) After renamed as DDMTemplate, the corresponding...

Troubleshooting Service Builder Blob Compile Issues

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Issue Service builder with Blob and compound primary key throws compilation error. The console errors might look like this: [javac]...

Liferay Developer Studio 3.5.0 Release Highlights

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Liferay Developer Studio provides an all-in-one, integrated development environment based on Eclipse for developers to build plugins for the Liferay Digital Experience Platform....

Unable to Build a DXP 7.1 Theme in Developer Studio

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This article documents a known issue when building a theme in DXP 7.1, using Developer Studio 3.3. Steps to Reproduce Start Liferay Developer Studio 3.3 with a 7.1 workspace project. Go to New --> Liferay Module...

DXP Features Summary

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Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has been redesigned to include new functionality. The following list is a summary of what is new to Liferay DXP. Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Foundation OSGi Open...

Extension Environment Migration Tips

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable....

Using the 'getOriginalServlet' Function to Retrieve the Default Query String in DXP 7.0

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This article serves as a reference guide on how to use the getOriginalServletRequest function to get the default queryString when using the OSGi framework. Developers familiar with Liferay Portal 6.2 EE and now using...

WeDeploy Auth Admin Portlet in Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Packs

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When deploying Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 24, 25, 26 or 27, the WeDeploy Auth Admin portlet will appear in the Control Panel. WeDeploy is currently a beta product. The addition of this portlet will have no impact or...

LiferayPortletURLs Generated For a .War File Do Not Have Authentication Token

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. Subscribers often develop custom portlets...

JSONWS Guest Access

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The Liferay platform's JSONWS page is available to unauthenticated users at your Liferay_URL/api/jsonws. However, this does not mean that guest users have access to execute JSON web services. Even if the web...

Getting Started With Developer Studio

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With the purchase of a subscription to Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP), customers have access to Liferay Developer Studio, which is a set of Eclipse plugins designed to ease...

Client Extension Build Fails Due to Unresolved Dependency

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Issue When building a Client Extension of type jsImportMapsEntry, the build fails if the Client Extension depends on another Client Extension, because the build cannot resolve the dependency. Environment Liferay DXP...

Limit the languages displayed in the translation selector for object fields

Issue We want to limit the languages displayed in the translation selector for object fields to only those defined in the site, similar to how it works for Journal Articles. Currently, the selector shows all...

Form Container does not display relationship field for parent object

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Issue I have an object A with a one-to-many relationship to object B. When I add a Form Container to a page and map it to object A, I cannot select the related object B entries. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution...

Data Migration Center: Unable to Import CSV file

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Issue The issue only occurs when the field is being translated, using objects alone does not cause it. Steps to reproduce 1. Navigate to the Applications Menu and click on Data Migration Center. 2. In that, click...

How to create Charts in Quarterly Versions

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Issue The Chart Tag Library was removed in 2023.Q4 with no direct replacement. I would like to know how to create charts in a Liferay version higher than 2023.Q4. Environment 2023.Q4+ Resolution On GitHub, you...

Is possible to sort Object entries in a Collection Display Fragment?

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Issue I'm using a Collection Display fragment to show objects. I need to apply some order to the list. Is this possible? Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q4 Resolution Currently, the only way to sort object entries (with...

Data Sets are not working after upgrading to 2025.q1.4-lts where the feature is released

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Issue I upgraded from 2024.q4.7 to 2025.q1.4-lts. After the upgrade, we encountered issues with Data Sets. In 2024.q4.7 I was using datasets as beta but as in 2025.q1.4 its released. I have enabled Root Objects and...

Liferay IDE: Resolving 'Unable to make field private' errors with JDK 21

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Issue I'm encountering java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make field private ... accessible errors when starting Liferay from the Liferay IDE plugin within the Eclipse IDE with JDK 21....

Getting invalid checksum error when building the Liferay Workspace

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Issue Facing an error when attempting to initialize a Liferay DXP bundle in the user's Liferay workspace. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a Liferay workspace project. 2. Set the following in gradle.properties:...

An Object is missing from the Application or Control Panel menu after restarting

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Issue A custom Object configured to display in the Application or Control Panel menu is missing after restarting the application. The custom Object was previously present with Update 49 installed, but has now...

Which is the most convenient tooling to create and build new themes?

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Issue It is common among users being in doubt about which is the most suitable way to create and build new themes. Two main ways of doing this are available: Using Liferay Blade or Liferay Developer Studio, which...

How to resolve slow Liferay PaaS build times when including many React modules

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Issue After adding more frontend React modules to our Liferay Workspace, we're seeing consistent PaaS build failures due to timeouts. As a workaround, builds now succeed after configuring LCP_CI_BUILD_TIMEOUT_MINUTES...

"Unable to get product info for: dxp-7.3-sp2" error

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Issue The liferay.workspace.product=dxp-7.3-sp2 setting in Liferay Workspace's gradle.properties file suddenly started to throw an error like: A problem occurred configuring root project '...'. > Unable to...

Cannot read property 'help' of undefined error when trying to upgrade a theme to Liferay DXP 7.2

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Issue While following this tutorial: https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029005512-Upgrading-Your-Theme-from-Liferay-Portal-7-0-to-7-2, users may encounter the below error: $ gulp upgrade...

Can't find npm jQuery portlet template for DXP 7.2 in Dev Studio

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Issue I want to create a Liferay Module project for DXP 7.2 using the npm jQuery portlet template, but I am unable to find the template in the drop down: Environment Liferay Developer Studio DXP 7.2 Resolution The npm...

Dev Studio 3.9.0 does not start up with macOS Big Sur

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Issue Due to an issue with the bundled version of Eclipse, Dev Studio 3.9.0 on macOS Big Sur fails to start up, showing an error message "Alert: Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine." Environment Dev Studio 3.9.0...

Can I use Java 11 in Jenkins to build 7.2 projects?

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Liferay DXP 7.2 is compatible with JDK11, how can I have...

Liferay DXP 7.0 Theme Generator installation fails with Missing required argument #1 | EMISSINGARG

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Issue While following the Liferay documentation about 7.0 DXP theme building with the Theme Generator, the following error will be thrown on Terminal when running npm install -g yo gulp: npm ERR! Windows_NT...

Error Message 'Invalid Code Length Set' When Creating a Theme Using Maven in LDS

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This article documents a known issue where creating a theme using Maven in LDS may result in an error message: Invalid code length set. The root cause is that some dependencies are not downloaded completely. This article...

Blade Deploy Does Not Support WAR Files

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Liferay's Blade CLI is an easy way for Liferay developers to create new Liferay modules. One of its features is to deploy modules, as described in the Deploying Modules with Blade CLI documentation....

'Failed to run platform init' error when installing Developer Studio

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Issue When running the Dev Studio Installer, I encountered an error that looks like the following: Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly Error running C:/Program...

Liferay Gradle plugin is not compatible with gradle 6.0+

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Issue When building a service using Service Builder, I encounter the following error: A problem occurred configuring project ':modules:test:test-api'. > Failed to apply plugin class...

SSLHandshakeException handshake_failure after updating Liferay Workspace

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Issue SSLHandshakeException handshake_failure is thrown after updating the Liferay Workspace version, as shown below: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure at...

Custom module created from form-field template not working as expected

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Issue I created a custom form field using the form-field template in Developer Studio, but when I deploy the module, the form field is not working as expected. The form field does not render and the form never...

Errors Updating Liferay Workspace

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Issue I'm running into errors when attempting to update my Liferay Workspace to a higher version. Environment Liferay Developer Studio Liferay Workspace with Gradle Build Resolution If your project does not build or...

Error thrown while installing LDS

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Issue While installing Liferay Developer Studio, after providing the email address and password when we click on Next, an error related to the token generation is thrown as shown below. Problem running...

I can't autodeploy in DeveloperStudio

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Please be aware that the page you are viewing has been machine translated from Japanese into English and may contain some translation errors. If you observe any issues with the translation, please contact us. Issue On...

Known Issue: CSS Builder Versions Errors for War-style Projects

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This article documents a known issue in the CSS Builder-3.0.0. This issue affects developers who are still using existing war-style (war-mvc-portlet or spring-mvc-portlet) projects and an older version of the CSS...

Liferay Maven Troubleshooting Guide

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This article is a troubleshooting guide to assist with common errors in using Liferay Maven SDK. The information listed below is applicable to all Liferay Portal versions. Resolution...

Service Builder buildWSDD gradle task fails

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Issue I created a service builder and added the followings to the settings.gradle: import com.liferay.gradle.plugins.service.builder.ServiceBuilderPlugin import...

Target Platform feature no longer works after updating the Gradle workspace

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Issue Target Platform feature no longer works after updating the Gradle workspace Environment Liferay Gradle Workspace 2.0.3 or later Resolution Portal source indexing is disabled in Gradle workspace version...

A warning message appears when installing LiferayDeveloperStudio.

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This article has been machine translated from its original language for your convenience. Please use discretion as this translation may include some inaccuracies. If you encounter issues with the translation, please...

Cannot build a theme created with blade: Sass::SyntaxError: Invalid CSS after "...nput-margin-x: "

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Issue When creating a theme in the latest Developer Studio, the build fails with Sass::SyntaxError: Invalid CSS after "...nput-margin-x: ": expected expression (e.g. 1px, bold), was "!default;" Environment...

initBundle FAILED when creating a Liferay Workspace Project in Liferay Developer Studio with "Download Liferay bundle" option checked

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Issue When creating a Liferay Workspace Project in Liferay Developer Studio with "Download Liferay bundle" option checked, the following initBundle FAILED error is reported in the console: CONFIGURE SUCCESSFUL in 15s...

Can I use JDK 11 for compiling Liferay DXP Projects?

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Issue The Compatibility Matrix for versions 7.0 until 7.3 under the heading JDK mentions Java 11 but says: "JDK Certification is for runtime only. JDK 8 is required to build or compile Liferay DXP Projects" For 7.4...

Liferay Workspace Target Versions

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A Liferay Workspace is a generated environment that is built to hold and manage your Liferay projects. Please see the official documentation for further instructions on Creating a Liferay Workspace. Resolution You can...

How to resolve Dev Studio "Could not create DXP download token" installation errors

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Issue When trying to install Liferay Dev Studio, I get a UI error that states "Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly. Could not create DXP download token," and no files are...

Change of context between themes is not working as expected

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Issue Changing pages using the navigation from Liferay won’t actually trigger a reload in the page. Instead, the content that is being displayed will change, and some of the resources and imports won’t actually be...

Changes in MVCActionCommands and portletIds

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This article documents changes to the MVCActionCommand type of commands after Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 11 is deployed. This change most affects developers building portlets in Liferay IDE tools (e.g. Liferay Developer...

Adding to the web.xml With Ext Plugins

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A supported use case for using Ext Plugins in Liferay DXP is adding additional functionality to Liferay Digital Enterprise's web.xml file. Before beginning, make sure you've reviewed...

Building a DXP 7.0 Dashboard Example Using ELK

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Liferay DXP 7.0 has close ties to Elasticsearch for search-related features. As it happens, Elasticsearch is one part of the ELK stack. So it is natural to ask, "What is possible if I use the whole ELK stack?"...

Overriding Core Classes with Ext Plugins

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A supported use case for using Ext plugins in Liferay DXP is overriding Liferay Digital Enterprise's core classes (e.g., portal-impl, portal-kernel, etc.). You can reference the...

Extending Core Classes Using Spring with Ext Plugins

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This article documents a supported use case for using Ext plugins in Liferay DXP, which enables you to extend Liferay Digital Enterprise's core classes...

Using Liferay Developer Studio Without an Internet Connection

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This article documents a temporary workaround for developers using Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.7 in a closed environment. At this time Liferay Developer Studio requires users to download dependencies from the Internet....

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