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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Upgrade fails for class 'RadioDDMFormFieldTypeReportProcessor' resulting in NullPointerException

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Rishabh Agrawal

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Issue

The upgrade is failing from Liferay DXP 7.1 FixPack 21 to Liferay-dxp-2023.q4.4 resulting in the below error:

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.report.DDMFormFieldTypeReportProcessor.updateData(DDMFormFieldTypeReportProcessor.java:46) ~[?:?]
at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.report.RadioDDMFormFieldTypeReportProcessor.process(RadioDDMFormFieldTypeReportProcessor.java:40) ~[?:?]
at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.upgrade.v3_7_3.DDMFormInstanceReportUpgradeProcess._processDDMFormValues(DDMFormInstanceReportUpgradeProcess.java:264) ~[?:?]
at com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.internal.upgrade.v3_7_3.DDMFormInstanceReportUpgradeProcess.doUpgrade(DDMFormInstanceReportUpgradeProcess.java:109) ~[?:?]
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.UpgradeProcess.lambda$upgrade$0(UpgradeProcess.java:122) ~[portal-kernel.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.db.partition.util.DBPartitionUtil.forEachCompanyId(DBPartitionUtil.java:177) ~[portal-impl.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.dao.db.BaseDB.process(BaseDB.java:469) ~[portal-impl.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.db.BaseDBProcess.process(BaseDBProcess.java:384) ~[portal-kernel.jar:?]
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.UpgradeProcess.upgrade(UpgradeProcess.java:107) ~[portal-kernel.jar:?]

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Start the 7.1.x portal
  2. Go to Content & Data → Forms
  3. Add a new Form with a Text field
  4. Publish the Form
  5. Submit at least one entry
  6. Edit the Form
  7. Open the Text field sidebar
  8. Change the field type to Single Selection
  9. Save the Form
  10. Submit at least one entry
  11. Run the upgrade to Liferay-dxp-2023.q4.4

Actual Result: The upgrade fails.
Expected Result: The upgrade should be successful.

Environment

  • DXP 2023.Q4.4

Resolution

  • This issue has been addressed via LPD-24806
  • Please submit a support ticket for getting the hotfix on the same by attaching patch details.

Additional Information

  • Always upgrade the DXP to the latest update to achieve the expected behavior: Upgrade Basics
  • Please submit a support ticket if you require more information from the product aspect by attaching patch details.
  • Installing Fix Packs and Hotfixes on Liferay DXP will guide to installation of the hotfix in the respective environment.
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