EP7 SP14 RuleEditor Error

Question

We just created a new EP7 SP14 portal server.  When I go into system administration/portal content/portal display and try and right click on a folder to add a new rule collection I get the following error: 
Argument Objs : com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.PortalComponentException: Error in service call of Portal Component
Component : pcd:portal_content/com.sap.pct/admin.templates/iviews/editors/com.sap.portal.ruleEditor
Component class : com.sap.portal.resolving.ui.RuleEditor
User : Administrator
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.handlePortalComponentException(PortalRequestManager.java:973)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.callPortalComponent(PortalRequestManager.java:343)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:136)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:189)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.PortalComponentResponse.include(PortalComponentResponse.java:215)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.pom.PortalNode.service(PortalNode.java:645)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.callPortalComponent(PortalRequestManager.java:328)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:136)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.dispatchRequest(PortalRequestManager.java:189)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.runRequestCycle(PortalRequestManager.java:753)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.connection.ServletConnection.handleRequest(ServletConnection.java:240)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.dispatcher.Dispatcher$doService.run(Dispatcher.java:524)
            at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.dispatcher.Dispatcher.service(Dispatcher.java:407)
            at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
            at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.servlet.InvokerServlet.service(InvokerServlet.java:156)
            at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
            at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.runServlet(HttpHandlerImpl.java:401)
            at com.sap.engine.services.servlets_jsp.server.HttpHandlerImpl.handleRequest(HttpHandlerImpl.java:266)
            at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:386)
            at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.startServlet(RequestAnalizer.java:364)
            at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.invokeWebContainer(RequestAnalizer.java:1039)
            at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.RequestAnalizer.handle(RequestAnalizer.java:265)
            at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Client.handle(Client.java:95)
            at com.sap.engine.services.httpserver.server.Processor.request(Processor.java:175)
            at com.sap.engine.core.service630.context.cluster.session.ApplicationSessionMessageListener.process(ApplicationSessionMessageListener.java:33)
            at com.sap.engine.core.cluster.impl6.session.MessageRunner.run(MessageRunner.java:41)
            at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.ActionObject.run(ActionObject.java:37)
            at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
            at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.SingleThread.execute(SingleThread.java:102)
            at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl3.SingleThread.run(SingleThread.java:172)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at com.sap.portal.resolving.ui.RuleEditorEditModeEnabler.enableEditMode(RuleEditorEditModeEnabler.java:38)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.Editor.handleEditModeEnabling(Editor.java:614)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.Editor.handleEditMode(Editor.java:543)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.Editor.initEditor(Editor.java:505)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.pane.EditorPaneWrapper.initPane(EditorPaneWrapper.java:82)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.pane.EditorPaneWrapper.mySetupComponent(EditorPaneWrapper.java:122)
            at com.sapportals.admin.wizardframework.components.FlowContainer.setupComponent(FlowContainer.java:129)
            at com.sapportals.admin.wizardframework.core.TrivialPaneFactory.getComponent(TrivialPaneFactory.java:35)
            at com.sapportals.admin.wizardframework.core.WizardInstance.doWizard(WizardInstance.java:229)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.Editor.doWizard(Editor.java:605)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.Editor.run(Editor.java:150)
            at com.sap.portal.admin.editor.AbstractEditorComponent.doContent(AbstractEditorComponent.java:59)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.AbstractPortalComponent.serviceDeprecated(AbstractPortalComponent.java:209)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.AbstractPortalComponent.service(AbstractPortalComponent.java:114)
            at com.sapportals.portal.prt.core.PortalRequestManager.callPortalComponent(PortalRequestManager.java:328)
            ... 2
Any help would be appreciated ... Thanks.

Answer 1

I found a work around to this ... I copied the master rule collection from under Sys Administration/Portal Display/Desktop and Display Rules/Portal Administrators/Super Administrator and I left a copy as the back up the original.  Then I modified the one that I copied.  So I could not directly create a new one.  I had to copy the original and then edit the copy I created.
I hope that helps!