java.lang.NullpointerException in kettle/status with xml=n

Question

I am trying to check the status of my jobs through the kettle/status page, however, I am receiving the error below. Using the xml=y parameter, the page displays the status list.

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.pentaho.di.www.CarteObjectEntry.compare(CarteObjectEntry.java:67)
    at org.pentaho.di.www.CarteObjectEntry.compareTo(CarteObjectEntry.java:76)
    at org.pentaho.di.www.GetStatusServlet.lambda$doGet$1(GetStatusServlet.java:495)
    at java.util.TimSort.binarySort(TimSort.java:296)
    at java.util.TimSort.sort(TimSort.java:239)
    at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1512)
    at java.util.ArrayList.sort(ArrayList.java:1462)
    at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:175)
    at org.pentaho.di.www.GetStatusServlet.doGet(GetStatusServlet.java:498)
    at org.pentaho.di.www.CarteServlet.doGet(CarteServlet.java:75)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:655)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764)...

I need to view it in HTML format to be able to check the details of the job execution.

Answer 1

In order to check the Pentaho Job status, you need to use the /kettle/jobStatus REST endpoint and pass the job name as a parameter. The request format will be as follow:

http://localhost:8082/kettle/jobStatus/?job=yourJob.kjb

This will return the HTML version of the pentaho Job status. Assuming your pentaho job name is yourJob.kjb and the carte server is running on localhost:8082.

If you want to have an XML version, you can achieve that by adding an xml parameter to the request, as below:

http://localhost:8082/kettle/jobStatus/?job=yourJob.kjb&xml=Y