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Search results are showing unexpected visual changes when rendering Object items

Issue When searching for Objects on a search page, there are some unexpected visual changes in the result. Environment Quarterly Releases Resolution Please verify that whether there are any HTML in the description of the Object that may be contributing to this behavior. If there is,...

Language Keys are processed as Literal Text in custom MVC Portlets

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Issue When creating a MVC Portlet that leverages language keys, language key output is presenting as the literal text, rather than the key value For example: Language key in view.jsp: <b><liferay-ui:message key="languagekeys.caption"/></b> Language Key Value in language.properties:...

Form View in Workflow

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Issue When an admin receives the multi-step form created by Objects to review, the form data is visible on a single page instead of page by page. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a multistep form with the help of Liferay objects (Building Multi-Step Forms With Liferay DXP Objects) 2....

module java.base does not "opens java.lang" error in buildService using Java 21

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Issue The following exception is thrown when trying to build a service with Service Builder: Failed to initialize ClearThreadLocalUtil java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at com.liferay.petra.reflect.ReflectionUtil.<clinit>(ReflectionUtil.java:160) at...

When using Liferay Objects, the pages are inaccessible when viewed from the ellipses menu

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Issue When using Liferay Obejcts with enough Objects to where the ellipses menu is necessary (7 pages), the pages shown when clicking on the ellipses are inaccessible. The pages are only accessible if they are clicked on in their default state. Example: Pages 5 & 6 are inaccessible...

Create custom API applications in Liferay

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Issue Is there any way to create custom API applications without code? Environment Liferay DXP 2023.Q4. Resolution Liferay has created a new application to help developers build APIs based on custom objects in a no-code UI. This new feature allows users to define the entire structure of...

Is it possible to use a hotfix when building my custom code?

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Issue I have been provided with a hotfix, and I want to compile my custom code using that hotfix from my Liferay Workspace. Environment Any Liferay DXP version Liferay Developer Tools Resolution There is not an easy way to achieve that. In order to be able to use patched artifacts as...

How to programmatically add a form entry with API?

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Issue I am currently working with a Liferay form. I am attempting to submit a new record to this form using the /ddm.ddmforminstancerecord/add-form-instance-record API via JSON Web Services (JSONWS). This API requires a parameter named ddmFormValues, which needs to be passed as a JSON...

Github Copilot in Liferay IDE

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Issue Is Github Copilot supported with Liferay IDE? Environment Liferay IDE / Liferay Developer Studio Resolution Liferay does not recommend or allow AI-generated code to land in their codebase. However, if someone likes to use Copilot or any other tool to generate the code that runs on...

Facing issues in setting 'liferay.workspace.product' property for Liferay Workspace

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Issue Upgrading the portal from Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 67 to Liferay DXP Quarterly Release 2024.Q1.9 and trying to set 'liferay.workspace.product = dxp-2024.q1.9' in the gradle.properties however, it is not working. Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.9 Resolution Try setting 'dxp-7.4-u112'...

Upgrade Fails: Error after upgrading using the Database Upgrade Tool (MS SQL Server)

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Issue After running `db_upgrade_client.bat` my upgrade failed with no explanation in the logs. Upgrade failed, when it was attempted again it was successful but Liferay won't start After upgrading, Liferay has an error in the logs: ERROR [SCR Component Actor][ROOT:47] bundle...

Error: Could not find or load main class com.liferay.css.builder.CSSBuilder

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Issue After switching to JDK11 I'm unable to build my project. Build failed with an exception that lists a path to my java version. Error: Could not find or load main class com.liferay.css.builder.CSSBuilder Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.liferay.css.builder.CSSBuilder...

Unable to filter by relationship using Postgres in neasted levels

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Issue When filtering data based on relationships with nested levels using PostgreSQL, we encountered an internal server error with the following log entry instead of a status 200: 2024-04-18 13:43:33.147 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-9][SqlExceptionHelper:142] ERROR: operator does not exist:...

Gradle tasks not working for new versions

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Issue We are trying to update our workspace, to do so we have performed the following actions based on a blade init: Update gradle-wrapper version to 7.3.3 Set in settings.gradle file for "com.liferay.gradle.plugins.workspace" version 10.0.3 In gradle.properties we set...

Objects - multiple items can be saved but only one item is displayed in the administration view

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Issue When I try to create an object with an upload field, and save a new item multiple times, the object is only displayed once in the administration view. The uploaded item is not cleared from the field either. Is this the expected behavior? Environment Liferay DXP Quarterly Release...

ModelSearchRegistrarHelper class mentioned in Search Service Registration article is missing

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Issue I tried to follow this Search Service Registration article to perform indexing my custom service-builder object, but there is no ModelSearchRegistrarHelper class available, what should I do now? Resolution Remove the SearchRegistrar class and create a new ModelSearchConfigurator...

Plugin Descriptor Error When Building Maven Fragment in AWS Codebuild

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Issue We are observing errors in the console log for various plugins when trying to build a custom fragment via maven in AWS Codebuild: [ERROR] Failed to parse plugin descriptor... Invalid CEN header Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution This could likely be the result of a parent block defined...

Dynamic Picklist in Liferay Forms using Objects

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Issue We have created a Liferay form with Object and used the concept of dynamic picklist (data provider + picklist). However, we're facing issues with saving the data (selected from the picklist) upon form submission. The data selected in the picklist is not getting saved. Environment...

Version not available on CDN in the product_info.json

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Issue Liferay version is not available on https://releases-cdn.liferay.com/tools/workspace/.product_info.json. Environment DXP 7.3-u36+ 2023 Q4.x+ Resolution Since the introduction of the Quarterly Releases, it was decided that new releases, including 7.3, will only be added to...

GUEST users have no access to custom objects API

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Issue Templates which make use of the objects API are not working correctly for guest users. Environment Liferay 7.4 and Quarterly Releases. Resolution You need to add the VIEW permission for your custom object to the GUEST role. Additionally, if the development is making use of a method...

How to send a confirmation email to non-authenticated users about Form submissions based on Objects?

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Issue I would like to send a confirmation email to the non-authenticated user who just submitted a Form based on an Object. Environment Quarterly Releases: 2023.Q3, 2023.Q4, 2024.Q1 Resolution Create an Object with at least one text field. Optionally, create a field validation for that...

After importing the object to the portal, it's not visible on the 'Fragments and Widgets' option

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Issue Import the object on the portal, the import was successful but after navigating to the 'Fragments and Widgets' option and searching for the imported object, it's now visible. Steps: Create a 'Demo' object with 2 text fields and publish it. Navigate to the 'Fragments and Widgets',...

Custom Service Builder module, functional in Liferay DXP 7.4, no longer works when updated to Quarterly Releases

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Issue A custom Service Builder module functional in Liferay DXP 7.4 no longer works in a QR environment. Unsatisfied references appear when inspecting the custom Service Builder module. Environment Quarterly Releases: 2023.Q3, 2023.Q4, 2024.Q1 Resolution It is necessary to recompile the...

Traces from custom module stop printing after redeploy

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Issue A custom module prints traces the first time it's deployed but not if redeployed. After restarting Liferay it works again. Environment Quarterly Release 2023.Q3, 2023.Q4, 2024.Q1 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This can happen if the configuration file module-log4j.xml uses an element...

Blank Objects page after enabling Object Model Builder

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Issue We enabled Object Model Builder in the Beta Feature Flags, and when we open the Object menu, we get a blank page We also get an error in the browser console: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'externalReferenceCode') If we disable it, the menu opens correctly...

Liferay IDE / Developer Studio support for Quarterly Releases

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Issue When importing a Quarterly Release workspace into Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.8: Latest blade templates or Liferay versions will not be available for selection. Contextual menus could be broken and this kind of errors could be raised: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid...

Form is not showed to guest (unauthenticated) users

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Issue We have a form, based on a custom object, in a page. This form is not showed when user is not logged in. Whereas the form is showed when user is logged in. Environment 2024.Q1 Resolution Check if the 'guest' user has 'Add Object Entry' and 'View' permissions assigned on the form's...

NoSuchFileException: null/override error when starting Liferay or executing the Upgrade Tool

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Issue Right after starting Liferay or executing the Upgrade Tool, there a NoSuchFileException: null/override error in the log. 2024-04-01 15:44:08.392 ERROR [main][DBUpgrader:110] null java.lang.RuntimeException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: null/override at...

Adding new entity to an already deployed service builder module fails

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Issue The issue occurs while updating/adding a new column to the existing database custom table i.e. using Service Builder to add another entity in an existing module. Environment Liferay Developer Studio Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To add new columns to existing tables using the...

API Response for commerce products with relationships does not contain manufacturerProducts nested fields

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a Minium site (so that you have products generated). 2. Create a new object "manufacturer" (I set it to company scope, and to appear in Applications/Content - "Panel Link"). 3. I added a field "name" to it. 4. I created a one-to-many relationship with...

Can I sort Liferay object entries in alphanumeric order?

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Issue After sorting by the field name in ascending alphanumeric order, the results are currently sorted lexicographically. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay Quarterly Release Resolution This is the expected behavior. By default, Liferay sorts text fields lexicographically. To achieve...

BaseUpgradeServiceModuleRelease not available in 7.4 anymore, is there a replacement class?

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Issue The class BaseUpgradeServiceModuleRelease was previously available in 7.3 and below and is used as a start/stop method to override and be used as a service tracker. Environment DXP 7.4+ Resolution This class is no longer available in 7.4. The...

Accessing Glowroot through the Liferay url returns a 404 error after updating from 2023.Q4 to 2024.Q1

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Issue Error 404 occurs when accessing Glowroot through Liferay at /o/glowroot/ after migrating from version 2023.Q4 to 2024.Q1 Error in logs: 2024-04-11 12:51:40.306 WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-46][code_jsp:161] {code="404", msg="/glowroot/", uri=/o/glowroot/} Environment 2024.Q1...

EXT module override is not being applied in 2023.Q3.3+ from ${liferay.home}/osgi/marketplace/override

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Issue Adding an EXT module override in ${liferay.home}/osgi/marketplace/override no longer functions. Environment Liferay DXP Quarterly Release 2023.Q3.3 and later releases Resolution To workaround this behavior for the time being please use the following steps: Rename the module that...

liferay-module-config-generator as a dependency

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Issue As a developer, should I add liferay-module-config-generator in the block dependencies or in the block devDependencies? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution This module is thought to be used in the block devDependencies in order to be executed at build time. Additional...

Unable to build the module: Could not find com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.api errors

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Issue Sometimes users face the following error while building their modules: Task modules: test-search-results-limit:compileJava FAILED FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. what went wrong: Execution failed for task ':modules:test-search-results-limit:compileJava'. > Could not...

Unable to add custom object using collection display

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to Control Panel > Object 2. Create a new Object O1 3. Click on Object > Account98 4. Go to tab relationship 5. Create a relationship "O1 rel" type "One to many" with custom object O1 6. Go to O1 object definition and check true "Show Widget" 7. Create a...

View Display Page for Objects is not working for guest users

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Issue When creating a Display Page Template to display entries of an object, even when setting the viewing permission to "guest," attempting to access the page template results in a 404 page. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To resolve this behavior, open a help center ticket to...

Could not install Gradle distribution

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Issue While importing workspace from one system to another through a remote desktop connection, the below error has been encountered: Could not install Gradle distribution from 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.6.1-bin.zip'. sun.security.validator.ValidatorException:...

'ConfigurationProviderUtil cannot be resolved' after upgrading

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Issue We've begun updating to the dxp:2023.q4.4 version and encountered the following error while building the code on the 2023.Q4.4 baseline:...

Object Entries do not appear in Search Results

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Issue Object entries are not visible in Search results Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution When you create an Object Definition, you get to choose whether its scope is Company or Site (you cannot change it once you publish the Object Definition). By default, when you create a search...

ObjectFieldNameException$MustNotBeDuplicate when updating Object Definition

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Issue When trying to update an object definition from one environment (eg. dev) to the other (eg. uat), the process fails with the following error: com.liferay.object.exception.ObjectFieldNameException$MustNotBeDuplicate: Duplicate name objectFieldName at...

Liferay Artifact missing from Maven Repository

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Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. The information provided about products not created by Liferay is for reference purposes only, and any implementation of these principles will be at your team's discretion. Issue Liferay Artifact...

Service Builder Tool 1.0.478 gives "Unable to parse package path from..." Error in Windows

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Issue After cloning https://github.com/liferay/liferay-blade-samples.git, Windows OS users may run into the following error: Task :apps:service-builder:basic:basic-service:buildService FAILED Building Foo Unable to parse package path from...

How to filter Objects entry with picklist's name in filter

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Issue I have created 2 picklists, e.g. picklist1 and picklist2. And I created 1 object where I create 2 fields of type picklist and I mapped this to above picklists. Now I have added an object entry. Picklist values are stored as {"key": "demo", "name": "Demo"}. Now when I try to apply...

Missing Parameters Format in JSONT File when using Data Migration Center

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Issue Facing an issue with the missing parameters in the JSONT format file when using the "Data Migration Center" portlet. Batch Client Extension only supports the "JSONT" file format. After generating the "JSONT" file for Object Entry, the generated JSONT file doesn't have the few...

Unable to PATCH a DateTime field in an Object back to Null

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Issue The PATCH API request to change a DateTime field value in an Object back to Null does not work as expected. The value of the DateTime field is not changed, it remains the same. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The observed behavior is a known issue addressed by LPD-17928....

How to Generate SAML Tracer export for Liferay Support

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SAML Tracer can be a useful debugging tool for viewing SAML messages sent through the browser during single sign-on and single logout and helps with analyzing both SP- and IdP-initiated SAML flows, including viewing and exporting SAML requests and responses in various browsers. It is a...

Unknown publisher issue when installing Liferay developer studio

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Issue When installing the Liferay Developer Studio on a Windows machine, it shows the unknown publisher. It is not showing the authorized publisher. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay Developer Studio Resolution Liferay Developer Studio observed the behavior, which is considered a...

Possibility to change Friendly URL automatically generated in Objects

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Issue The official Liferay documentation comments that when creating an object, displayed through a Display Page Template, an automatic URL is generated with the following syntax: "{domain}/l/objectEntryId" I would like to know if it is possible to change the information in this friendly...

Liferay Upgrade Planner for Quaterly Releases

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Issue We want to upgrade our custom developments from DXP 7.4 update 48 to the Liferay Quarterly Release 2023.Q4. We are using Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.8, but its "Upgrade Planner" tool lacks compatibility with our specific source version (7.4 update 48), the only source options are...

Eclipse / Liferay IDE: "Failed to read schema document" URL when creating JNDI connections for Spring Portlets

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Issue When creating JNDI connections using Spring, Eclipse / Liferay IDE users may encounter the following error: "Failed to read schema document 'http://www.liferay.com/schema/lrjee/liferay-jee.xsd', because 1) could not find the document; 2) the document could not be read; 3) the root...

Object creation fails with the error "400 Bad request Someone may be trying to circumvent the permission checker"

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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 When I try to create new objects, I receive the following error message: Error 400:BAD_REQUEST, Someone may be trying to circumvent...

Service Builder: Cannot find symbol *LocalService for referenced entity

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Issue After targeting a more recent version of the product, you may get a 'cannot find symbol' error for an injected @Reference in your FooLocalServiceBaseImpl class. Something like this: error: cannot find symbol protected com.liferay.asset.kernel.service.AssetLinkLocalService For this...

PortalUUID: 'cannot find symbol' in Service Builder module

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Issue When trying to build my Service Builder module, the following error is thrown in *PersisenceImpl.java classes: cannot find symbol PortalUUID *PersisenceImpl.java classes contain the following reference: @Reference private PortalUUID _portalUUID; Environment Liferay Workspace...

Language options show wrong placeholder

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Issue Placeholder shows 'Select an Option' on the Language option Steps to Reproduce: Menu > Control Panel > Objects Create a custom object definition Go to the Fields tab Add a custom field Open the custom field Expected Behavior: Language options show the current portal language....

Save button has different dimension than delete button

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Enable this feature flag: feature.flag.LPS-148856=true 2. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 3. Create two Custom Objects. 4. Navigate to the Model Builder view. 5. Create a relationship between them. 6. Click on the connection label. Expected Results: The save button...

Filter out the users based on the departments using objects and picklists

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Issue How to create a filter using an object to filter users with respect to their department Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Follow the below steps to create filter: 1. Navigate to Control Panel > Object > Objects. 2. Now create 'New custom object' say - Newuser and click on...

Freemarker Error in Notification Template

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Issue Creating a new custom object with a text field and an associated email notification that uses a FreeMarker template can result in an error that prevents the notification from being sent. The following error is reported in logs: Caused by:...

Which Liferay version should I use in gradle.properties for the 2023.Q4 Quarterly Release?

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Issue Which version do I need to use for the liferay.workspace.product= property in gradle.properties for Liferay Workspace? Environment Liferay Workspace DXP 7.4 Resolution As of Dec. 15, for the time being, the noted workaround will be to continue to use dxp-7.4-u102 in the...