We experienced a similar issue with importing quizzes from last semesters courses into 2.4.x. Seems we cannot publish them either.

This is an issue for us as the semester is about to start and I need to get 41 quizzes published.

Full process:
- Instructor goes into current course (2.4.x - Samigo)
- Instructor goes to site info, import from site.
- Instructor gets old site (from 2.1.x) and imports quizzes.
- Instructor goes to Test and Quizzes in current course, tries to publish it.
user: admin (Sakai Administrator)
email:
usage-session: 02b155a8-fd20-4c0c-00ca-77f4c6437a08
stack-trace-digest: 2834225580829460BC9E993F57A93259E03C624A
sakai-version: 2.4.0
service-version: 2.4.0
app-server: ucmcrops2
user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6
browser-id: Win-Mozilla
IP: 169.236.252.48
request-path: /portal/tool/9bfff475-6a3d-4f09-80d2-1b67bfe7ea53/jsf/author/authorSettings
time: Aug 21, 2007 11:03:43


stack trace:

org.sakaiproject.portal.api.PortalHandlerException: org.sakaiproject.tool.api.ToolException
    at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doPost(ToolHandler.java:63)
caused by: org.sakaiproject.tool.api.ToolException
    at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.forwardTool(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1099)
caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.ui.listener.author.SaveAssessmentSettings.save(SaveAssessmentSettings.java:155)
    at org.sakaiproject.tool.assessment.ui.listener.author.SaveAssessmentSettingsListener.processAction(SaveAssessmentSettingsListener.java:229)
    at javax.faces.event.ActionEvent.processListener(ActionEvent.java:57)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.broadcast(UIComponentBase.java:649)
    at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:297)
    at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java:267)
    at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:381)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute(InvokeApplicationPhase.java:75)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:200)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:90)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:197)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
    at org.sakaiproject.util.RequestFilter.doFilter(RequestFilter.java:555)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:691)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:469)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:403)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
    at org.sakaiproject.jsf.util.SamigoJsfTool.dispatch(SamigoJsfTool.java:230)
    at org.sakaiproject.jsf.util.JsfTool.doPost(JsfTool.java:256)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:691)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:469)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:364)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
    at org.sakaiproject.tool.impl.ActiveToolComponent$MyActiveTool.forward(ActiveToolComponent.java:441)
    at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.forwardTool(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:1099)
    at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doTool(ToolHandler.java:163)
    at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doGet(ToolHandler.java:86)
    at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.handlers.ToolHandler.doPost(ToolHandler.java:63)
    at org.sakaiproject.portal.charon.SkinnableCharonPortal.doPost(SkinnableCharonPortal.java:942)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
    at org.sakaiproject.util.RequestFilter.doFilter(RequestFilter.java:592)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)
    at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:200)
    at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283)
    at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:773)
    at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:703)
    at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:895)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)


Tool Placement:
No Placement


Request:
: AuthType:null
: CharEncoding:UTF-8
: ContentLength:750
: ContentType:application/x-www-form-urlencoded
: ContextPath:/portal
: LocalAddress:null
: LocalName:ucmcrops.ucmerced.edu
: LocalPort:443
: Mehthod:POST
: PathInfo:/tool/9bfff475-6a3d-4f09-80d2-1b67bfe7ea53/jsf/author/authorSettings
: Protocol:HTTP/1.1
: QueryString:null
: RemoteAddress:169.236.252.48
: RemoteHost:169.236.252.48
: RemotePort:-1
: RemoteUser:admin
: RequestedSession:6c4f30f1-2470-4053-00ff-a399386e6021.ucmcrops2
: Requested URL:https://ucmcrops.ucmerced.edu/portal/tool/9bfff475-6a3d-4f09-80d2-1b67bfe7ea53/jsf/author/authorSettings
: Scheme:https
: ServerName:ucmcrops.ucmerced.edu
: Headers:
: Header:host:ucmcrops.ucmerced.edu
: Header:user-agent:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6
: Header:accept:application/x-shockwave-flash,text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
: Header:accept-language:en-us,en;q=0.5
: Header:accept-encoding:gzip,deflate
: Header:accept-charset:ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7
: Header:Keep-Alive:300
: Header:connection:keep-alive
: Header:referer:https://ucmcrops.ucmerced.edu/portal/tool/9bfff475-6a3d-4f09-80d2-1b67bfe7ea53/jsf/author/editAssessment
: Header:cookie:JSESSIONID=6c4f30f1-2470-4053-00ff-a399386e6021.ucmcrops2
: Header:content-type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded
: Header:content-length:750
: Parameters:
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:_id304:0:Save Settings
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:endDate:0:
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:0:assessmentSettingsAction
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:intro:_id39_textinput_current_status:0:firsttime
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:_idcl:0:
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:feedbackDelivery:0:1
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:assessmentId:0:1167
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:startDate:0:08/07/2006 11:39:58 AM
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:intro:assessment_title:0:TestExam
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:_id100:0:ECON 195 001 W07
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:intro:assessment_author:0:
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:feedbackDate:0:
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:intro:_id39_textinput:0:
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:lateHandling:0:1
: Parameter:assessmentSettingsAction:feedbackAuthoring:0:1
: Attributes:
: Attribute:tool.url.manager:org.sakaiproject.portal.util.ToolURLManagerImpl@20dde72c
: Attribute:sakai.session:org.sakaiproject.tool.impl.SessionComponent$MySession@9c78cd45
: Attribute:sakai.html.head.css.base:<link href="/library/skin/tool_base.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" />

: Attribute:sakai.character.encoding.done:sakai.character.encoding.done
: Attribute:sakai.html.head.js:<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="/library/js/headscripts.js"></script>

: Attribute:sakai.html.head:<link href="/library/skin/tool_base.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" />
<link href="/library/skin/default/tool.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" /> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="/library/js/headscripts.js"></script>

: Attribute:sakai.request.native.url:sakai.request.native.url
: Attribute:sakai.html.body.onload:setMainFrameHeight('Main9bfff475x6a3dx4f09x80d2x1b67bfe7ea53');setFocus(focus_path);
: Attribute:sakai.filtered:sakai.filtered
: Attribute:sakai.html.head.css.skin:<link href="/library/skin/default/tool.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" />

: Attribute:sakai.html.head.css:<link href="/library/skin/tool_base.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" />
<link href="/library/skin/default/tool.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" />

Session:
: Created:1187714960557
: LastAccess:1187719423842
: MaxInactive:3600
: Attributes:
: Attribute:portalskin:defaultskin

When you log in as an admin, do you see a 'Default Assessment Type" listed under the 'Assessment Types"? When a user doesn't select any assessment types, the default one will be used. The Default Template has an ID = 1 (in sam_assessmentbase_t). It should be installed along with 6 other assessment types as part of a sql script when you first installed Samigo. Let me know what you find out.

We were finally able to reproduce it if we uncheck the 'Final Page URL' setting in the 'Default Assessment Type" . Can you see if that resolves your problem?

This problem applies to all assessment types. We will fix this in 2.5.

we will also fix this in 2.4.x after it's verified .

commit -m "SAK-11075" C:/sakai/sam/samigo-app/src/java/org/sakaiproject/tool/assessment/ui/listener/author/SaveAssessmentSettings.java
    Sending sakai/sam/samigo-app/src/java/org/sakaiproject/tool/assessment/ui/listener/author/SaveAssessmentSettings.java
    Transmitting file data ...
    Committed revision 34226.

Updated the description to reflect testing after the fix on nightly trunk. Looks good to be merged into 2.4.x.

For 2.4.x:

$ svn commit -m "SAK-11075"
Sending samigo-app\src\java\org\sakaiproject\tool\assessment\ui\listener\author\SaveAssessmentSettings.java
Transmitting file data .
Committed revision 34327.

Per Matt, the fix has been verified. Close the bug.