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Failed to find association definition for association

timv

Hi,

I added an association to my custom content type and I added the show-association in the web client config file.

But I don't see anything of the association in the web client. And when I click to save the new content, I get: * A system error happened during the operation: Transaction didn't commit: ContentData string does not have a content URL: sdfsdfs

In tomcat logs:
10:25:24,534 WARN [component.property.UIAssociation] Failed to find association definition for association 'cm:contains'
10:25:31,078 ERROR [util.transaction.SpringAwareUserTransaction] Transaction didn't commit
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: ContentData string does not have a content URL: sdfsdfs

I don't know how an actual association is created in the web client.

I must be missing something in the docs.
Can someone point me to the solution?

Best regards,
timv

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gavinc

It sounds like you may have some errors in your configuration, could you post the model XML and property sheet configuration you have used?

timv

Indeed, there must be something wrong in my configuration.

I made a small testcase. Here's how it looks:
In contentmodel.xml:

      <type name="cm:event">
         <title>Event</title>
         <parent>cm:content</parent>
         <properties>
            <property name="tv:title">
               <type>d:text</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
            <property name="tv:description">
               <type>d:content</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
            <property name="tv:date">
               <type>d:date</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
            <property name="tv:showme">
               <type>d:boolean</type>
               <mandatory>true</mandatory>
            </property>
         </properties>
     <associations>
            <child-association name="tv:asslogo">
               <source>
                  <mandatory>true</mandatory>
                  <many>false</many>
               </source>
               <target>
                  <class>sys:base</class>
                  <mandatory>false</mandatory>
                  <many>true</many>
               </target>
               <duplicate>false</duplicate>
            </child-association>
         </associations>
      </type>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

In web client config:

   <config evaluator="node-type" condition="cm:event">
      <property-sheet>
         <show-property name="title" show-in-edit-mode="false" />
         <show-property name="description" show-in-edit-mode="false" />
         <show-property name="tv:title" />
         <show-property name="tv:description" />
         <show-property name="tv:date" />
         <show-property name="tv:showme" />
         <show-association name="tv:asslogo"/>
      </property-sheet>
   </config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

I also added 'cm:event' to the content wizards.
The error I get in tomcat logging now is similar: 14:18:16,489 WARN [component.property.UIAssociation] The association named 'tv:asslogo' is not an association.
14:23:24,855 ERROR [util.transaction.SpringAwareUserTransaction] Transaction didn't commit
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: ContentData string does not have a content URL: this is my value in tv:description

When I click to save the properties of the newly created instance I get:
Error Please correct the errors below then click OK.
* A system error happened during the operation: Transaction didn't commit: ContentData string does not have a content URL: this is my value in tv:description

Do you see anything wrong in the association definition?

Thanks.
timv

gavinc

Yes, there are a couple of issues here.

The first one is that you have created a child association in your model and then configured in an association, not a child association, therefore swap

<show-association name="tv:asslogo"/> 
‍‍‍

with

<show-child-association name="tv:asslogo"/> 
‍‍‍

The error you get when trying to save the properties is due to the use of d:content for the tv:description property. This property type is not handled correctly in the property sheet. d:content typed properties are not free form text they expect a ContentData object.

You have 3 choices, you can either change the description field to be of type d:text, you could create an association if you need to point to another node in the repository or you can add 'special' handling for the d:content type.

There is a JIRA bug raised for the lack of handling of d:content in the property sheet here http://www.alfresco.org/jira/browse/AWC-816

timv

Thanks, I've followed your instructions and it works now.
Greets,
Tim