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Warnings "Attempting to upgrade X table by recreating table"

Issue During an upgrade to newer versions of the portal, warnings like "Attempting to upgrade some table by recreating table due to some reason" may be found in the logs. They can cause confusion and makes one wonder if they will have impact later or can be ignored. For example:...

Roles are getting deleted

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Issue While adding the roles up to 20 if chosen 20 Items per page but if try to add multiple roles further then all the roles is getting deleted except the latest one. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution The issue has been resolved in liferay-fix-pack-portal-169-6210 or above....

A Liferay Cloud hosted website won't redirect https://mydomain to https://www.mydomain

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Issue When opening a Liferay Cloud hosted website without the www part in the URL, the redirection to the site with the www part in it will not happen. Example: https://mydomain.com will not redirect to https://www.mydomain.com Environment Liferay Cloud Resolution WARNING! The below...

How do I remove items from the User Personal Bar without customizing it?

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Issue There are items in the User Personal Bar by default that we aren't using or don't want users to access. We want to remove these items without creating a custom module. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution There are two different configuration areas...

Control Panel Menu is displaying for all users

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Issue All authenticated users are seeing the Control Panel displayed on the left-hand side of the screen Environment Liferay DXP Resolution Display of the control panel is controlled by the permission Portal: View Control Panel Menu If this permission has been added to any role that a...

How to identify the fixes included in a hotfix

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Issue I want to be able to know what fixes are included in my hotfix. Environment Liferay Portal Liferay DXP Resolution The hotfix ZIP archive contains a file called fixpack_documentation.xml. All the fixes included in the hotfix should be listed under the tag <fixed-issues>. In newer...

Additional JavaMail properties not being considered in mail server configuration

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Issue JavaMail properties defined in the field Manually specify additional JavaMail properties to override the above configuration are not being considered. Environment Liferay 7.0+ Resolution Each property should be stated in a separate line. Property statement should follow the syntax...

Custom widget template for breadcrumbs doesn't get applied in control panel and breadcrumbs aren't shown

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Issue When a widget template is configured via system settings in system scope it doesn't show any breadcrumb. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2. Resolution Those configurations are made inside System Settings -> Breadcrumb or inside osgi/configs in below files:...

Why does my instance have a default@liferay.com user?

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Issue I see a default@liferay.com user in my database. What is the purpose of this default user? If you have a virtual instance is configured, you may see another default user with the configured mail domain (i.e. default@companydomain.com) Environment Liferay DXP Resolution...

Solr Error when searching for Users or Organizations

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Issue When I perform a search for Users or Organizations, I see a blank screen and an error like the following in the logs: 2021-01-29 00:15:48.429 WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-5][ProxyMessageListener:86] com.liferay.portal.kernel.search.SearchException: Error from server at...

Kaleo Workflow Permissions missing from custom role after upgrade to DXP

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Issue Permissions regarding Kaleo Workflow are lost or improperly formatted after upgrade to DXP 7.0+, for example: Environment Upgrade to DXP 7.0+ Resolution This is an intended behavior caused by a change of the permission names. A fix for this behavior has been developed...

Keeping 'Location' type organization when upgrading to DXP 7.0+

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Issue In DXP 7.0+ the location organization type is removed by default. When upgrading to DXP 7.0+, organizations that were categorized as a 'Location' lose this categorization during the upgrade process. Environment Environment upgrading to DXP 7.0+ Resolution Before running the DB...

Cannot provide non-admin roles access to view and manage Workflow Definitions

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Issue I want to assign the permission to view and manage Workflow Definitions under Control Panel > Workflow > Process Builder to non-admin roles. However, when I try to add these permissions, I am unable to access and assign these permissions. Steps to Reproduce Start up a clean...

Unable to save Instance Settings modifications

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Issue When I make some configuration change in instance settings and click save, the page breaks (menus are gone) and the changes are not stored. In the logs I see a stacktrace is thrown, with parts like these: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-4][PortletServlet:112]...

Limit on number of users for 'Analytics Cloud' platform access

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Issue Any limit on the number of users for analytics platform access if giving access to some more users for analytics cloud platform along with 'Admin' and 'Product Team' users. Environment Liferay 7.1 Resolution By using trial AC with the basic plan, 1,000 Individuals can be sync up....

Define Permissions page crashes with a large number of groups on MS SQL Server

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Issue When a large number of Organizations are added in the portal (More than 200,000), the "Define Permission" screen breaks down and appears to be blank when clicked on Summary -> Control Panel -> General Permissions, or any permissions on the page. Note: The issue is observed when...

How to disable birthday and gender fields from user profile

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Issue Is it possible to disable birthday and gender fields from user profile? Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.x Resolution On Portal 6.2, go to Admin > Control Panel > Configuration > Users > Fields , and uncheck: Enable Birthday Enable Gender On DXP 7.x, go to Control...

How to reset mail settings

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Issue How can I reset (delete from the database) mail settings I have previously set and saved from the UI, at Control Panel > Configuration > Server Administration > Mail? (e.g if I want to provide them through portal properties or environment variables) Environment DXP 7.2 Resolution...

Hide Permissions for user in Message Board

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Issue User can see the permissions in the Thread he/she replied to. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution This is the intended behavior as User is only able to see the permission for their own thread reply and not for thread or category. Since the user is a site member so the user has...

Cannot login using OpenID Connect: Timeout error

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Issue In some cases, users are having problems with the integration with OpenID Connect, and they are unable to log in. The Liferay log returns the following error: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-16][OpenIdConnectFilter:132] Unable to process OpenID Connect authentication response: Unable to...

Is a duplicate Organization Name allowed in DXP?

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Issue Is there any way to turn off the duplicate name check for Organization Name? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution By default, the Organization Name is not allowed to be duplicated., content:...

How Can I Include Both AND and OR Variables in User Segments?

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Issue I would like to create User Segments which include some roles and exclude others. For example, I would like a segment which includes either roles X or Y, but not roles A, B or C. In order to do this, I need to be able to set both AND and OR variables in the same segment....

Adding User Groups to Site Membership as a Site Administrator

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Issue Site Administrators are unable to add user groups as members of the site they manage. Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution This is currently an intended behavior as the Site Administrator role by default does not have the permissions to view and update User Groups. A Feature Request...

Why Are Announcements Visible to Everyone After Setting the Distribution Scope?

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Issue After setting the distributions scope in the Announcements Portlet, the announcements which it displays are now visible to all users and guests. I would like to restrict the announcements to the users within their distribution scope. Environment DXP 7.0 DXP 7.1 DXP 7.2 Resolution...

ClassCastException on com.liferay.frontend.theme.contributor.extender after installing a newer fix pack

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Issue After patching the environment with a newer fix pack, the below error may be encountered at server startup: ERROR [ServerService Thread Pool -- 68][ThemeContributorTopHeadDynamicInclude:93] bundle com.liferay.frontend.theme.contributor.extender:4.0.8...

Disable all locales that are not EN

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Issue Asset publishers are being translated to other languages than English which is the default and only one that is desired. For some reason due to the location of the IP/network or browser translation URLs are appended with some locales like FI, ES, and others. Environment Liferay DXP...

After a web content owner loses his membership of a site, he can still edit all the previously authored web content

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Issue If an editor user creates a web content, and after his site membership is removed, he can still edit/configure the web content. Environment Portal 6.2 DXP 7.0+ Resolution This behavior works as intended. The Web Content is expected to be configured using the Web Content's...

Backup service does not show on PRD environment

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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 While checking all the services available at the left-handed sidebar on a PRD environment, the backup service will not appear...

Disable Liferay "set your preferred language" message

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Issue In case the User's Display Language is set differently than the language of the Site that is being displayed, a warning message appears with the option to set your preferred language. You may wish to disable or remove this message by default, but you may not be able to find a way...

Open Graph tags and feature is missing

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Issue I am trying to configure Open Graph based on the following article: Configuring Open Graph but the functionality is not available in our environment. Environment DXP 7.0 DXP 7.1 DXP 7.2 Resolution Open Graph is a feature introduced in DXP 7.3, so you can find it when you are going...

Assign bulk users to an organization/user group/site

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Issue I'd like to add many users at once to an organization/user group. How to do it? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Currently it is not possible to assign bulk users to an organization or user group from the UI. However, you can use Liferay's API to assign all users at once with...

How to install Liferay Connector SAML 2.0 without need to restart in a Docker Container for Kubernetes usage

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Issue I have a docker image in Kubernetes with Liferay installed. I'd like to deploy the SAML 2.0 connector plugin without the need to restart. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Copy the SAML 2.0 Connector plugin to osgi/marketplace before starting the container. This way the...

Configuring Liferay's LDAP Settings to Import Users in DXP 7.3

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This article shows how to setup Liferay DXP 7.3 to import users from an LDAP server through the graphical user interface. The steps are the basically the same as for earlier versions of Liferay, but the UI options have changed in DXP 7.3. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution To enter...

Cannot Request Users With long userid After Patching to DE-93

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Issue We use this code to secure our API calls in our customization: (request variable is an HttpServletRequest object from @Context annotation) long userId = GetterUtil.getLong(request.getRemoteUser()); user = UserLocalServiceUtil.getUser(userId); However, after patching to DE-93 from...

Checking the different fixes between two hotfixes

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Issue We have two hotfixes and we would like to know the difference between them How can we check the common and different fixes within those hotfixes? Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution Run a diff tool against the fixpack_documentation.xml files in those hotfixes...

Exporting and Importing User Roles from One Environment to Another

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Issue Whether you want to copy over User Roles and its respective permissions from one environment to another, or in order to keep a backup of your current Roles and Permissions set before making big changes, Liferay offers the ability to export and import your User Roles. Environment...

I want to define user permissions for the Notice and Warning portlets respectively.

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This article has been machine translated from its original language for your convenience. Please use discretion as this translation may include some inaccuracies. If you encounter issues with the translation, please use the feedback button to let us know. Issue From the "Define...

Impersonation won't give you all the permissions set of the impersonated User

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Issue If User A impersonates User B than User A might not be able to perform the same actions as User B was originally able to. For example, downloading certain documents or checking the previews. For Example, if User that is not an admin impersonates an admin user that does not mean...

Unable to import User Groups from LDAP containing a comma "," or an asterisk "*"

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Issue Receiving the following error when trying to import User Groups from LDAP containing a comma "," or an asterisk "*": 2020-06-04 08:23:50.268 WARN [main][LDAPUserImporterImpl:1165] Unable to create user group test,users 2020-06-04 08:23:50.280 ERROR [main][LDAPUserImporterImpl:780]...

Make Recycle Bin available for regular users

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Issue How to make Recycle Bin available for regular users? Environment Liferay 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Navigate to Control Panel --> User --> Roles. Create a new regular role. Edit the new role, select Define Permissions --> Site Administration...

How to register the same user using email id in other sites as well

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Issue Use case: Creating multiple sites in a single instance of the portal. User1 is registered using the same email id on SiteA and SiteB. If User1 is logged in on SiteA and he/she should not able to open the SiteB without login again in SiteB. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution...

Patching Tool 'WARNING: Some of the currently installed fixes are not available' while installing certain fix packs and hotfixes

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Issue After installing a fix pack and a hotfix, Patching Tool shows the message - "WARNING: some of the currently installed fixes are not available: <a very long ticket list>": Environment Liferay DXP 7.0: fix packs de-90, de-91, de-92 Liferay DXP 7.1: fix packs dxp-16,dxp-17 Liferay DXP...

If a user is created under an organization, a user who does not have permission to change roles can control roles.

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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 Added users under the organization The user who performs "Add User" does...

Range affected by IP address changes

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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 The IP address of the application server will be changed.Does it have any...

Password Reset Expiration Date

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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 Is there any specification that the password reset email will be...

How to enable simultaneous login from multiple sessions

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Issue How to enable users to simultaneously login to Liferay DXP using multiple different sessions Environment Liferay DXP Resolution Add the following lines to your portal-ext.properties file (you must include both of them otherwise it will not work): auth.simultaneous.logins=true...

Users with role Site Member cannot find other users in search results

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Issue Users with role Site Member cannot find other users in search results. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution This is the expected behavior. For security reasons, by default the permission to view other users' data is only given to administrators....

Liferay Cloud cookies

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Issue Description about the cookies used in Liferay Cloud platform and their services. Environment Liferay Cloud Resolution Google Analytics cookies: _gat: Numeric It is used to limit the percent request. Term: 1 minute _ga: Identifier It is used to identify users Term: 2 years _gid:...

Disabling the password reminder questions on the users first login

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Issue You do not want your users to set up the password reminders answers on their first login. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.x Resolution Add the following line to the portal-ext.properties: users.reminder.queries.enabled=false Restart the application Additional...

Admin is unable to Impersonate User with NoSuchGroupException

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Issue The Admin is unable to impersonate certain user with the following error: NoSuchGroupException: No Group exists with the key {companyId=20155, classNameId=20005, classPK=20555} Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution One possible reason for this error is because the user's group...

Liferay sends email notification with port number next to website address

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Issue When receiving Liferay email notifications (for example: New account Created, Password reset link, etc ...), users may notice the app server's port number appended to the website domain, for example: www.myliferayportal.com:8080 Environment Portal 6.2 Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution...

"Problem with the configuration: Unknown release in folder ..." when patching the source code

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Issue When patching the source code, customers may receive the error: "Problem with the configuration: Unknown release in folder ..." Environment Liferay DXP 7.1+ Resolution Have a usable ReleaseInfo.java file taken from liferay-dxp-src/portal-kernel/src/com/liferay/portal/kernel/util/...

When saving configurations, only the information in the current page/tab will be saved

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Issue When editing configurations on a different page/tab, only the information in that current page/tab will be saved. For example: Access to edit a User and add some middle name. Move to another tab, such as Roles. Save the form If you access again to edit that user you will see there...

Audit portlet only available for Administrators

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Issue After upgrading to U78+ you might encounter a behavior where the Audit portlet is only available for Administrators, whereas before U78 you could create a regular role with access to it The reason behind this change is that the behavior where any regular Role could access the Audit...

Upgrading to Quarterly Release 2024.q1.1+ fails with a Duplicate entry in v3_4_1.LayoutFriendlyURLEntryUpgradeProcess#doUpgrade error

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Issue I tried to upgrade to the Quarterly Release 2024.q1.1. However, the upgrade fails with the following error in the log: Duplicate entry in v3_4_1.LayoutFriendlyURLEntryUpgradeProcess#doUpgrade Environment Below Liferay DXP 7.4 Quarterly Release 2024.q1.6 Resolution This upgrade...

PATCH request is not working for custom fields

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start up Liferay, change the password to 'a' 2. Go to Control Panel >Configuration > Custom Fields 3. Select Organization. 4. Tap the + icon to add a new Custom Field. 5. Select Input Field, and type "Testcustom" to the Field Name, save it. 6. Add a new...

BatchUpdateException when upgrading to Liferay Quarterly Release with SQL Server

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Issue We have received a recent report where a BatchUpdateException was identified while upgrading from an earlier Liferay DXP 7.4 update to Liferay Quarterly Release while using SQL Server You may see an error such as the following: ERROR [main][UpgradeStepRegistratorTracker:178] Failed...

Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'classNameId'

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Issue During an upgrade process, you might encounter an issue where the following error occurs: ERROR [main][BatchingBatch:134] HHH000315: Exception executing batch [java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'classNameId', table 'DB_NAME.dbo.ClassName_';...

StackOverflowError related to locales during upgrade

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Issue You might encounter an issue where you receive a StackOverflowError during your upgrade process, such as this: ERROR [main][ROOT:56] bundle com.liferay.portal.verify.extender:7.0.24...

Should LDAP verify that user images exist in the Document Library?

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Issue Some user images are missing from my Document Library, but they still have references in the IMAGE table in the database. As a result, LDAP doesn't re-import the user images during an LDAP import. Should LDAP verify that references in the IMAGE table refer to actual images in the...

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