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How to use validation for a fragment's text field?

Issue You want to create validation for a fragment's text field When trying to validate a fragment's text field using Freemarker, it is not executed in the published editable field The validation only works on the default value in the page editing view, but not on the final field after...

Running gw initBundle fails at the verifyBundle task

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Issue Running gw initBundle fails at the verifyBundle task stating an invalid checksum, even though liferay.workspace.bundle.checksum.md5 is not in use in gradle.properties. Despite setting that value explicitly in gradle.properties to match your desired bundle file, the error still...

'compileOnly' is not allowed as it is defined as 'canBeResolved=false'

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Issue Some build actions fails upgrading the workspace from gradle 6 to 7 eg: $ blade gw eclipse * What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':modules:xxxxxxxxxxxxx:eclipseClasspath'. > Resolving dependency configuration 'compileOnly' is not allowed as it is defined as...

Email Notification integrated with Liferay Objects got stuck in the queue

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Issue We are trying to integrate an email notification when an entry is made in a certain object. For this we have followed all the steps provided in the following URL we found in the Liferay Dev Forum : - https://liferay.dev/blogs/-/blogs/notifications-with-liferay-objects However, the...

Guest unable to add entries to object longtext field

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Issue Guest is uanble to add entries to a form containers. Steps to reproduce: Create an object with a custom field(say TestField) of type Long Text. Edit the custom field and add a limit of 500 and save this object Go to Details, Change the scope to site-scoped and add the Panel...

Unable to add Relationships between the Account / Portal Address Object and Custom Object

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Issue When trying to create a relationship between the Account or Portal Address system object and a custom object, it fails. Depending on the (wrong) setup, the user might receive the following error message in the console:...

How to Show Module version in Application Manager UI

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Issue Application Manager does not properly show the custom module version in the Control Panel. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Set the following line in liferay-plugin-package.properties (replace 999 with the appropriate version) Bundle-Version=999 With the example above applied, the...

Error, you don't have necessary permissions when creating a form entry mapped to a company scoped object as Guest

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Issue We have a custom object definition "myobject" that it's mapped to a form. When submitting a form entry with a guest user. It shows an error telling that the user doesn't have permissions. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Go to the object definition "myobject" and check the...

Unable to build theme: "Error: Expected number, variable, function, or calculation. log('Invalid unit `#{$unit}`.');"

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Issue When building a theme there are 'Expected number, variable, function, or calculation $_: log('Invalid unit `#{$unit}`.');' errors: Message: build/_css/clay/functions/_type-conversion-functions.scss Error: Expected number, variable, function, or calculation. ╷ 40 │ $_: log('Invalid...

Getting key value instead of name value in the mail

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Issue Enable the email functionality in the object. After submitting the form, in the mail, getting the key value instead of the name value of the picklist. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 2. Navigate to Control Panel > Picklists. Create a new picklist and the items, give...

Getting null value for "to name" in email template

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Issue Enable the email functionality, after submitting the form, getting the ''null'' value in the 'to' section of the email template. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 2. Navigate to Control Panel > Notifications > Templates. Click on the add button to create a new template...

Filter on related elements for custom Objects

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Issue When attempting to retrieve a relationship field with a custom Object using the nestedField parameter through the API, we encountered an issue where the field is not included in the response. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Adding feature.flag.LPS-165819=true to your...

Test cases bundled in jar using the "react-select" dependency resulting in deployment error

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Issue Deployment of a jar that includes "react-select" as a dependency in package.json may fail due to test cases that were bundled as part of the build process, in particular test/resolver/malformed_package_json/package.json Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Create a .npmbundlerrc file in...

NullPointerException error seen with custom Terms Of Use

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Issue When custom content in "Terms of Use" is set via Instance Configuration in Control Panel, and logging in as a new user for the first time, a NullPointerException is seen. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution The Terms of Use code expects and requires a <section /> tag with content id to...

Unable to build Service Builder with default packages

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Issue Service Builder gives the below error during build without any changes to default classes: xxx\test-service-service\src\main\java\test\service\service\persistence\impl\FooPersistenceImpl.java:2425: error: method getResult in interface FinderCache cannot be applied to given types; ...

Maven based Liferay Workspace for DXP

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Issue Unable to get the EE version of Liferay DXP while choosing maven in Liferay Developer Studio. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution User can manually change two configuration inside the pom.xml file to use DXP Find liferay.bom.version and change it's value to a dxp target...

Gradle PKIX Certification Error for Maven Policy

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Issue We are configuring a new environment and observing what looks to be a gradle license or certification related issue given the below error: openssl config failed system library no such process Failure build failed with an exception A problem occurred configuring root project ‘s’...

LCP CLI support for AArch64/ARM64

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Issue LCP CLI fails to install on environments using AArch64/ARM64 architecture Environment AArch64/ARM64 environments Liferay Cloud command line tool Resolution LCP CLI as of version 3 is not compatible with AArch64/ARM64 architecture Users of these environments can consider using...

Title field appears in wrong format when related

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Issue The title field appears in the wrong format when related Steps to Reproduce: 1. Menu portlet > Control panel > Objects 2. Create Custom Object A 3. Create Custom Object B with a Date field 4. Create a Relationship between Object B to Object A 5. Change Title field ID to Date field...

The required fields are not requiring the user to fill in when switching languages in instance settings

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Issue The required fields are not requiring the user to fill in when switching languages in instance settings Steps to Reproduce: 1. Navigate to Instance settings > Localization 2. Change the language to any other language from English and save 3. Go to Objects and create a Custom Object...

Liferay Push and Mobile SDK replacement in 7.4

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Issue We have a mobile app created using mobile SDK in Liferay DXP 7.0 and we want to know how to port it to DXP 7.4. Is Liferay Push available for Liferay DXP 7.4? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Liferay Push Liferay Push has been deprecated since Liferay DXP 7.3. There is no out...

ActiveFileName is not recognized in DXP 7.4

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"This resolution contains links to third-party documentation that is not maintained by Liferay, so should be used as reference only at the discretion and direction of your team." Issue ActiveFileName attribute is not recognized when migrating a custom portal-log4j-ext.xml from DXP 7.2 to...

The maximum number of submissions allowed for this form has been reached

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Issue When uploading a new in a form submission the following message can appear for guest users: "The maximum number of submissions allowed for this form has been reached." Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Quarterly Releases Resolution The following items must be taken into consideration:...

Importing projects and refreshing gradle are very slow in Liferay Developer Studio when there are too many modules

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Issue When using the Liferay Developer Studio version 3.9.5 - 3.9.8, importing projects and refreshing gradle projects are very slow if there are too many modules. Environment Liferay Developer Studio 3.9.5 - 3.9.8 Resolution The issue was fixed by IDE-5098 and it will be released in...

Limitation of viewing 20 notification templates when using the Action Builder on Objects

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Issue In my Portal, I have more than 20 notification templates created, however I can only view the first 20. Why does Liferay limit notification template options to 20 when using the Objects tool? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This behavior is an error identified in the Portal....

How can I find valid Workspace Product Keys to configure for liferay.workspace.product in gradle.property?

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Issue What "product keys" are valid to configure for the liferay.workspace.product= property in gradle.properties? How can I select the proper "product key" value for Liferay Workspace? Environment Liferay Workspace DXP 7.0+ Resolution For Quarterly Releases: There is a new index file:...

Filtering by date is not working in API explorer

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Issue Filtering by date is not working in API explorer. Results return no objects and there are errors in the log similar to: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unsupported method getColumn with field name dateCreated Environment 7.4 Resolution Update to 7.4 u47+ LPS-163011,...

Are there Blade templates available for custom Web Content structure fields?

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Issue Is it possible to use a Blade template to create a personalized Field for a Web Content structure? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 Resolution For Liferay DXP 7.3 and lower versions, there is no such Blade template. For Liferay DXP 7.4 it's possible to use the...

How to install Developer Studio using command line

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Issue How to install Developer Studio using command line Environment Liferay Developer Studio Resolution Download the installer. Install Developer Studio using the following command ./LiferayWorkspacewithDevStudio-xxx-linux-x64-installer.run --mode unattended --java_executable...

Unable to create Objects with system reserved names

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Issue This article details some of the names that Objects will not be able to use as they are system-reserved. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 9+ Resolution Please refrain from using the following names as they are system reserved: actions companyid createdate creator datecreated...

Service Builder not compiling correctly using Maven after the upgrade: ArgumentsResolver is not found in com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm

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Issue After upgrading from DXP 7.0 to 7.3 we are having the error "ArgumentsResolver is not found in com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm" if we try to recompile our service builder services using Maven: [ERROR]...

Build error while doing buildService

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Issue User gets below error when doing buildService outside the *-service module: FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Some problems were found with the configuration of task ':modules:xxxx:buildService' (type 'BuildServiceTask'). > File '/.../service.xml'...

Object Mapping: No object 'type' for an upload field

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Issue Having created a new object, we can then create a new field. This example shows a new field for 'date' and is assigned the Type* Date When creating a field for a file upload, there is no applicable Type* that may be assigned. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution This is currently being...

Exporting an empty package 'com.liferay.training.servicebuilder.gradebook.exception'

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Issue I have tried to follow this tutorial: Back-End Developer - DXP 7.1 → Exercises: Create the Gradebook Service Layer - Steps 8-10, When I try to deploy by dragging the project to the Liferay server, I get the following error message: modules:gradebook:gradebook-api:compileJava...

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 will use Gradle or Maven tasks in turn. Using the Liferay Theme Generator,...

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 to be multiple hours instead of the default 30 minutes. However, when...

"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 get product info for: dxp-7.3-sp2 Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Fix Pack 2 Liferay...

Unable to create Liferay Module Project Fragment in LDS

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Issue When trying to create a Liferay Module Project Fragment it will ask to set valid Liferay portal runtime as follows: Please set a valid liferay portal runtime, you can initBundle or modify 'liferay.workspace.home.dir' to make it point to an existing runtime. Environment Liferay DXP...

could not resolve all artifacts for configuration 'classpath'

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Issue The error "could not resolve all artifacts for configuration 'classpath'" occurs during the time of Liferay workspace creation using LDS and not able to process further. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2, DXP 7.3 LDS 3.9.4 [It is the latest version while documenting this article], LDS...

Invalid checksum error when initializing Liferay bundle

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Issue After defining the liferay.workspace.bundle.url property in the gradle.properties file, running a Gradle Task to initialize the bundle fails with the following error: Execution failed for task ':verifyBundle'. > Invalid checksum for file '{liferay-bundle-file}'. Expected {checksum...

Developer Studio suddenly crashes

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Issue Developer Studio closes by itself after some time with an OutOfMemory error or without any errors at all. Environment Developer Studio 3.9.3 JDK 11.0.8 Resolution This problem can be experienced when JDK 11.0.8 is used to start up Developer Studio, for example by having the...

Module projects cannot be created outside a Liferay workspace

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Issue Before, I was able to create a module project outside a Liferay workspace. However, now I see a warning that I need a Liferay workspace: Environment Liferay Developer Studio Resolution This is an intentional change implemented under LPS-110421. The reason for this change is that...

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 post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly. Could not create DXP...

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 the server in DeveloperStudio, the test module is displayed as "Could...

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 builder (css.builder-2.x) . It was discovered that if the CSS Builder...

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 = UserLocalServiceUtil.getUser(oUserReg.getUserId()); user.setStatus(WorkflowConstants.STATUS_APPROVED...

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, especially since implementing OSGi modularity functions. Environment...

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 DDMTemplateServiceUtil.java class does not seem to have a method to retrieve...

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] /Users/xxxx-yyyy/Projects/aaaa/dxp/plugins-sdk/portlets/bbbbb-services-portlet/docroot/WEB-INF/service/com/aaaa/portal/model/InvoicePDFBlobModel.java:42:...

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. Liferay Developer Studio is an Eclipse product that includes the Liferay IDE plugins, additional enterprise...

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 When encountering issues with Maven, it is important to verify that Maven has been installed correctly...

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 describes a workaround to resolve this error. Steps to Reproduce...

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. Unfortunately, at this time, Blade does not support deploying .war files, though a new...

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 Project with the following properties: Name: umf-v7-theme Gradle Liferay 7.1...

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 Datasets both release flags but the data Sets are not available on the...

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. Environment 2024.Q2.12 Resolution The error occurs because the Liferay IDE's...

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 Quarterly Release Resolution To resolve this issue, explicitly define...

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 languages available in the environment. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Limit the...

Unable to Create Liferay Module Project Fragments and Start DXP 2025.Q1.0 Quarterly Release (LTS) in Liferay Developer Studio 3.10.2

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Issue In Liferay Developer Studio (version 3.10.2), when navigating to File > New > Liferay Module Project Fragment, nothing happens. The popup window for creating the fragment does not appear. Additionally, not able to start DXP 2025.Q1.0 Quarterly Release (LTS) and get the following...

How to allow unauthenticated (guest user) requests for GraphQL

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Issue I implemented ReactJS Widget that relies on GraphQL requests for custom object values, with a widget exposing object entries to the public. However, unauthenticated GrapQL requests are disabled by default and guest users cannot see the widget content. Is there way to enable GraphQL...

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