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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Why the "Error executing FreeMarker template" is thrown in the logs?

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Prarthana Jadhav

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Issue

  • What is the reason behind the following error which is thrown in the logs? 
    [runtime:60] Error executing FreeMarker template 
    FreeMarker template error: 
    The following has evaluated to null or missing: 
    ==> httpUtil.decodeURL(filename) [in template "20116#201520000000#523000001477" at line 36, column 34]

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.0

Resolution

  • This Freemarker template error states that code is attempting to find a file with a name that is expected to be at line 36 in "20116#201520000000#523000001477" template.
  • The error and line number may vary scenario to scenario. To know which template is causing this error, search the template with the templateid:20116( in this case) among all the sites and figure the template is causing this error. 

Additional Information

  • Please note that the pointers provided in the resolution are based on generic scenarios. The resolutions may vary with different environments as well.
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