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The link received (via email) after form submission is prompting Guest User to Login

Issue Is it possible for a guest user to directly access the link received in the email notification (after form submission) without doing the login? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Currently, there is no (OOTB) way to enable the...

What should be the preferred sequence to import data to an environment?

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Issue User faces 'Missing References' issue many times when importing the data to an environment, therefore, if we have a probable sequence to import this, the issues might get minimised. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 + Resolution It is best to import the references before importing the...

Only the person assigned to a Workflow task should be able to edit the Draft

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Issue A User, who is assigned to a Workflow task should be the only user who is able to edit the Draft while the Workflow task is assigned to him/her. Currently, users with edit/admin rights can edit the Draft any time while it is still under review. Steps to reproduce Log in as Admin...

If Guest user submits a Form with an uploaded file, the email sent about Form submission does not show the file

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Issue Add a Liferay Form with an Upload field Enable Guest upload for the field Enable email sending for Form submission Submit the Form as Guest Result: The email is sent, but instead of the content of the file upload fields (e.g. the file names of the uploaded files), there is an error...

Can I integrate an additional Captcha Engine?

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Issue Currently, Liferay offers 2 Captcha Engines out of the box: Simple Captcha and Google reCaptcha 2 We would like to use another Captcha service. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution At the moment it is not possible to integrate another Captcha Engine out of the box. There is...

Workflow process builder source view is not laoding

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Issue Users are unable to see the process builder's source view when upgrading from update 40 to higher upgrades. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 update 40+ Resolution The observed behavior is only noticeable if the web server is configured in front of DXP in update 40+. However, this has...

The user can no longer edit and add new web content after enabling the local staging

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Issue When staging is enabled, the user with the web content editor role will be unable to add or edit any web content in the staging environment. Steps to reproduce: Create a site On-site configuration enables Manual Membership Management Created 2-3 web content. Create 'Site Role' →...

What does "Deprecate the Staging relationship modules" mean?

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Issue I found that the Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 86 - Releae Notes have the following statement: Deprecate the Staging relationship modules Does this mean that the Staging functionality has been deprecated? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay Quarterly Release 2023.Q3 Resolution Staging was...

Form Entries Export: Missing Download URL for Attachments

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Issue We are experiencing an issue with exporting form entries that contain attachments. The problem is that when we export a form entries, the download URL for the attachments are missing. Only the file names are included in the exported file. To replicate the problem: Go to the Forms...

The single approver doesn't work when Groovy has been added to the blacklist

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Issue Workflow doesn't work if I add com.liferay.portal.scripting.groovy.internal.GroovyExecutor to the blacklist file com.liferay.portal.component.blacklist.internal.ComponentBlacklistConfiguration.config Environment Liferay DXP 7.3, 7.4 Resolution The single approver workflow doesn't...

The warning 'This field is reruired.' can't be displayed properly under the Select From List in a multistep form

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Issue The warning of the required field can't be displayed properly in a multistep form under the Select From List as below: Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution This was fixed by LPS-197367, please open a help center ticket to request a hotfix. , content:...

Is it possible to clean up DDMTemplateVersion table? How?

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Issue DDMTemplateVersion table has many records and we are not using it. In addition, it can cause some minor performance issues. Is it possible to clean up that table? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution NOTE: Be sure to take a backup of your database prior to making any changes....

Forms have no option for expiration time

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Issue There are use cases where users want the Liferay Form to expire on a certain day and at a certain time but on the Liferay Form settings, users only see an option for Expiration Date and no time option. Just like how users can pick a date and time on publish date, expiration date on...

Why do Workflow Metrics Disappear after a Reindex?

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Issue Workflow Metrics go missing after performing a reindex. Here are the steps to reproduce: Login in as an admin Navigate to Applications > Metrics Notice that there are some processes listed Click the kebab menu > Settings Click Reindex All Navigate back to the Metrics page Expected...

Why was Resources Importer removed and is there a possibility to enable it?

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Issue With the https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPS-182114 change Resource Importer (RI) was removed. Resource Importer was already in deprecated state for many years, in favor of Site Initializers (SI). Environment Liferay 7.4 Resolution LPS that deprecated Resources Importer in...

When exporting a portlet, it takes much longer than expected

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Issue When performing an export operation, it takes too long. When it finishes, the resulting LAR size is much heavier than expected too. It applies to Staging as well. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3+ Resolution This may be caused because you AssetLink table is heavily populated. In 7.3,...

Published web content has document URLs changed

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Issue We added page numbers to many of our document links. When this content is displayed you can click on the document links with page numbers and it will open the document to that page. When Published to Live, or Remote Published however, the page number portion of the document URLs...

Broken master page template after importing LAR file between environments

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Issue When importing a .lar file between environments, when accessing the Master Page, a 404 error is displayed and the page is not displayed Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution This behavior is an error identified in the Portal. Please update to Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 86+. Or request a...

NullPointerException/PortletDataException reported when importing lar file

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Issue NullPointerException/PortletDataException was reported when importing lar file. The issue can only be reproduced in certain environments with older JDK versions. 15:45:15,910 ERROR [BackgroundTaskMessageListener:182] Unable to execute background task...

Form Cannot Save Due to Size

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Issue When trying to save a large form, the following error is pushed out, "The Page was not displayed because the entity was too large." This is common for environments that are using a V1 Web Application Firewall that is enabled on an Azure Application Gateway in a Liferay server. The...

BasePanel class does not have setPortlet method

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Issue Post Upgrading Liferay DXP 7.2 to DXP 7.4, the user tries to upgrade their custom code which uses the BasePanel class. Below error is encountered while trying to deploy the code The method setPortlet(Portlet) of type FormsAdminPanelPanelApp must override or implement a supertype...

Data Provider fails to provide data for a text field

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Issue I am trying to fill a text field using the DDMRestDataProvider and the Autofill Rule. I was inspired by the following article: https://learn.liferay.com/w/dxp/process-automation/forms/form-rules/using-the-autofill-rule I set up a DDMRestDataProvider as follows: Read Access for...

Headless Admin Workflow APIs executing groovy scripts for scripted task assignment

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Issue Whenever the API: http://localhost:8080/o/headless-admin-workflow/v1.0/workflow-tasks/assigned-to-me is executed, there are multiple loggers in the console which indicates that it is being executed every time. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This is expected behavior because...

Liferay won’t delete all notifications, only the first page

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Issue With the workflow notification selection, it does not reflect for every pagination but only for the current page number, even if users select it for all. Steps to reproduce: Enable single approver workflow on web content, blogs, or any asset Create some web content or blogs to get...

User notification selection issue with more than 100 notifications

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Enable single approver workflow on web content, blogs, or any asset Create some web content or blogs to get notifications make it more than 100 notifications Navigate to notifications Tick the select all checkbox Then click Select all All will be selected - all...

Single Approver Workflow Recipient Type Changes Don't Save

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Issue We are currently running Liferay 7.4 U70 and discovered that when we make a copy of the Single Approver Workflow and try to update the "Review" node so that one of the notifications has a different Recipient Type it reverts back to Asset Creator. This was not an issue in our...

'New' Status for Remote Publishing Jobs

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Issue Over the weekend we had a number of remote publishing jobs assigned a 'New' status. These were scheduled jobs that never ran. We were also unable to relaunch these jobs until we performed a restart. We are only familiar with the statuses of 'Successful' or 'Failed'. Can you please...

Empty page when opening Content & Data > Forms

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Issue After installing a hotfix, we see an empty page when navigating to Content & Data > Forms There is no error in the console or browser console Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This could be the result of faulty patching. Enter the Gogo shell and run the "lb" command, check...

All settings are lost when the Template contains the "%" character in the Workflow Definition

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Issue I created a notification in a node of my Workflow and inside the Template field I placed a content that has the character "%", for example: <![CDATA[We received your shipment %]]> After saving and reopening the Workflow, all settings are lost. The following error appears in the...

Reviewer is unable to open the file after downloading from workflow task

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Issue In the workflow task when the reviewer downloads the file, the users are unable to open it because in the properties it shows a '0' byte. Steps to reproduce: Navigate to Control Panel > Users and Organizations, and create a new user. Now, navigate to Process Builder, and select...

Can't save web content article because the Submit for Publication button is disabled

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Issue I'm unable to edit web content and submit it for publication. The Submit button for Publication button is greyed out and the existing web content is in "Pending" status. Reproduction Steps: Set a workflow for web content articles (e.g., the default Single Approver workflow) Go to...

Users assigned tasks in the workflow can continue to approve or reject them even after their roles are removed.

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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 Users assigned tasks in the workflow can continue to approve or reject...

Workflow issue after changing 'ROOT' context to 'myportal'

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Issue Shows a blank page after changing the details of the 'task' node in the assignment type to the user then clicks on 'save' and then clicks on the 'task' node. Steps to reproduce: Update the ROOT folder name (under {LIFERAY_HOME}/tomcat_home/webapps/ROOT) to ‘myportal'. Update the...

The user can see the Required checkbox

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Issue The required field from the data provider screen should be hidden Steps to Reproduce: Navigate to Content & Data -> Forms and click on the 'Data Providers' tab Click on + to create a new data provider Configure the data provider with a Name, a URL, and a timeout Configure the data...

To be able to generate a URL of a Publication so that a reviewer can see a publication without logging in

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Issue Require a feature that allows to send a link to those who are not registered users on the platform in order for them to view a publication. Environment Liferay DXP [all versions] Resolution This requirement is considered a feature request and is being covered here: LPS-181485...

There will be more than one default Transition in Kaleo workflow

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Issue The user cannot set the first created Transition of a task to "default=false" and there will be more than one default Transition. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This behavior is a known bug of DXP 7.4 and has been addressed by LPS-184348 Additional Information Please...

Unable to view the updated content with 'View in Context' redirection link

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Issue Users are unable to view the updated content on the page when clicking on 'View on Context'. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4. 2. Assign the 'Single Approver Workflow' to the web content. 3. Navigate to Content & Data > Web Content > Structure. 4. Create a structure...

'View in Context' link is not showing update content with display page template

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Issue Users are unable to view the updated content on the page with the display page template when clicking on the 'View in Context' link on the Review page. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a Page and deploy asset publisher on it. 2. In the Asset publisher widget, select the ASSET...

'web-content-name' is temporarily unavailable when trying to preview the content

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Issue 'content is temporarily unavailable' when trying to preview pending content through the view icon on the Review Page. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4. 2. Assign the single approver workflow to web content. 3. Navigate to web content and create 'basic web content'. 4....

When we enable captcha in forms, it doesn't show up

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Issue When we enable captcha in forms, it doesn't show up and below exception appears in the logs Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.desktop/sun.awt.FontConfiguration.getVersion(FontConfiguration.java:1262) at...

ArticleFriendlyURLException thrown when importing a site template lar file

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Issue Encounter exceptions as below when importing a site template lar file: 2023-06-06 07:30:23.629 ERROR [liferay/background_task-2][LoggerExportImportLifecycleListener:399] Staged model {class: com.liferay.journal.model.JournalArticle, groupId: 133425, uuid:...

Form rules not being respected when using the ''Jump to Page'' action

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Issue By placing some rules on the form, indicating the user to jump to a specific page if the condition is reached, I noticed that the rules are not being respected and the user is not going to the required page. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This behavior is an error...

Forms upload for guests are not working after changing the mail domain in Instance Settings

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Issue This article describes a known issue with guests uploads in Forms after changes to a Liferay DXP instance's mail domain. In this situation, you will see symptoms such as an error message in the UI indicating "An unexpected error occurred while uploading your file." Environment...

Liferay Form Repeatable Field Issues

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Issue When adding a field or multiple fields when using Liferay forms, the web page reverts to the top of the form instead of remaining on the newly added fields. In the image below, after selecting the "Duplicate" button, the expected behavior is that the view would remain on the next...

Which permissions are needed to enable Staging for a role?

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Issue Users with specific role should be able to perform Staging publications and access Staging settings. Which permissions are needed? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Grant the following permissions: Site Settings > Site: Manage Staging Site Settings > Site:...

Unable to access the data from asset that is going through the workflow process

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Issue When running a workflow instance that contains client extensions, users need information from the specific asset version that is going through the workflow process to run the workflow process logic inside the client extensions, but in DXP 7.4 U82 and below, there is no way to do...

Create a sub question in forms

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Issue Next question should appear according to a previous answer in Liferay Forms. Need to show questions to end-user based on their previous response. Specifically while dealing with multi-choice questions. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution This requirement can be fulfilled...

Issues with Form "Export"

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Issue After one (or more) update of a specific form, the "Export" feature is not always able to export all the previously submitted data Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Liferay UI prompts an informative message for the user: Info:This display always reflects the...

Issues with Form "View Entries"

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Issue After one (or more) update of a specific form, the "View Entries" feature is not always able to render all the previously submitted data Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Liferay UI prompts an informative message for the user: Info:This display always reflects...

"Forced" re-assignment of a Workflow task

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Issue Is it possible to re-assign a Workflow task? Consider the following scenario: A user assigns a workflow task to themselves This user resigns/disappears/goes on holiday without processing the task at hand The task becomes to be urgent Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Liferay covers...

Liferay Achieve (LAR) file size limit

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Issue Is there a limit in the size of a LAR file? Environment Liferay Portal Liferay DXP Resolution Export: There is no real limit, how large a LAR file can be during exporting Import: The file size limit is configurable for importing a LAR file By default, Liferay has limit to 100 MB...

I'm unable to change Staged Content configuration

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Issue I am not able to change the Staged Content under Staging Configuration, as the checkboxes are seen greyed out and all disabled to change any value in existing configuration. Environment Any DXP environment with Staging enabled Resolution The Staged Content selections being grayed...

URL redirect not allowed in form submission

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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 How do I direct my user to a specific URL when submitting a form? I am not able to configure a specific URL to direct my user when...

Error "Uploaded LAR file type layout-set-prototype does not match Portlet." reported when importing site template lar file

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Issue Go to Control Panel --> Site Templates Click the icon with three vertical points in the upper right corner of the page and click Export/Import Select Import section Then importing a site template lar file, the error "Uploaded LAR file type layout-set-prototype does not match...

Unable to download the file from the workflow form

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Issue Not being able to download the file from the workflow task shows: 'The document was deleted' Steps to reproduce: 1. Navigate to Control Panel > Users & Organization. 2. Create an organization. 3. Create a site inside this organization. 4. Now, create a new user and assign the...

Error when importing .lar file: "Score -0.x is not a value between 0 and 1"

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Issue When trying to import a .lar file, the following error is displayed: Score -0.2 is not a value between 0 and 1. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This error is caused by a negative score in the RatingsEntry...

Unable to export site pages with circular references

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Issue When trying to export pages, a null error is shown in the UI. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 (equal to or below Update 66) Resolution Upgrade to Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 66 or higher to resolve the issue. Or request a hotfix with the following: LPS-157420 Additional Information Updating...

Workflow User Notifications triggered in State node throw NoSuchTaskInstanceTokenException

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Issue When using notifications as part of the workflow, when triggered in a State node, the notifications are generated but when they are selected, the following exception appears in the logs 2023-05-09 20:47:25.666 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-9][WorkflowTaskUserNotificationHandler:295]...

Issue with Publishing Expired Content in Publications

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Issue When trying to approve a Publication that includes expired Web Content, the following error is displayed: "This publication contains unapproved changes that need to be approved before being published." Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This is a known issue reported...

Two Liferay instances with common database - updates sync

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Issue We have two Liferay instances that use one database. If we work with Liferay instance 1 - import LAR file or make some changes in content (change a webcontent, create new page, upload an image etc) - will Liferay instance 2 automatically load these changes immediately, or do we...

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