Backoffice can't find action definition

[Former Member]

This happens in Version 18.11.4, problem was not happening in 18.08

I'm trying to add a simple action to the product list view in the product cockpit perspective. Backoffice framework can't find the action definition.

this is what I've done so far.

I created the action definition and put it in /my-backoffice-extension/backoffice/resources/widgets/actions/generateartiklepassaction

 <action-definition id="de.frutarom.cockpitng.action.generateartiklepass" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.hybris.com/schema/cockpitng/action-definition.xsd">
 
     <name>GenerateArtiklePassAction</name>
     <description>Generates Artikle Pass for selected products</description>
     <author>danielv</author>
     <version>0.1</version>
 
     <actionClassName>de.frutarom.backoffice.widgets.actions.artiklepass.GenerateArtiklePassAction</actionClassName>
 
 
     <inputType>java.util.Collection</inputType>
 
     <iconUri>icons/icon_action_artiklepass_default.png</iconUri>
     <iconHoverUri>icons/icon_action_artiklepass_hover.png</iconHoverUri>
     <iconDisabledUri>icons/icon_action_artiklepass_disabled.png</iconDisabledUri>
 
 
 </action-definition>

I I created the action handler class and place it in the src folder under myextension/backoffice/src/...

 public class GenerateArtiklePassAction implements CockpitAction<Object, Object> {
 
     @Resource
     private ArtiklePassService artiklePassService;
 
     @Resource
     public ObjectFacade objectFacade;
 
     @Override
     public ActionResult<Object> perform(ActionContext<Object> actionContext) {
         List<ProductModel> ctxProducts = this.getDataAsCollection(actionContext);
         ctxProducts.stream().forEach(artiklePassService::generateArtiklePassForProduct);
         return new ActionResult(ActionResult.SUCCESS);
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean canPerform(ActionContext<Object> ctx) {
 
         if (ctx.getData() == null) {
             return false;
         } else if (ctx.getData() instanceof Collection) {
             Collection selectedItems = (Collection)ctx.getData();
             ObjectFacadeOperationResult reloadResult = this.getObjectFacade().reload(selectedItems);
             Collection refreshedItems = reloadResult.getSuccessfulObjects();
             return isCollectionReady(refreshedItems);
         }else{
            return !getObjectFacade().isNew(ctx.getData());
         }
     }
 
     private List<ProductModel> getDataAsCollection(ActionContext<Object> ctx) {
         List<ProductModel> ctxObjects = new ArrayList();
         if (ctx.getData() instanceof Collection) {
             ctxObjects.addAll((Collection<ProductModel>)ctx.getData());
         } else {
             ctxObjects.add((ProductModel)ctx.getData());
         }
 
         return ctxObjects;
     }
 
     private boolean isCollectionReady(Collection<ProductModel> collection){
         return CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(collection) && collection.stream().noneMatch(getObjectFacade()::isNew);
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean needsConfirmation(ActionContext<Object> ctx) {
         return true;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getConfirmationMessage(ActionContext<Object> ctx) {
         return ctx.getLabel("artiklepass.confirm");
     }
 
     public ArtiklePassService getArtiklePassService() {
         return artiklePassService;
     }
 
     public void setArtiklePassService(ArtiklePassService artiklePassService) {
         this.artiklePassService = artiklePassService;
     }
 
     public ObjectFacade getObjectFacade() {
         return objectFacade;
     }
 
     public void setObjectFacade(ObjectFacade objectFacade) {
         this.objectFacade = objectFacade;
     }
 }
 

I created the ui config in my-backoffice-extension/resourcces/my-backoffice-extension-backoffice-config.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 
 <config xmlns="http://www.hybris.com/cockpit/config"
         xmlns:y="http://www.hybris.com/cockpit/config/hybris"
         xmlns:wz="http://www.hybris.com/cockpitng/config/wizard-config"
         xmlns:explorer-tree="http://www.hybris.com/cockpitng/config/explorertree"
         xmlns:editorArea="http://www.hybris.com/cockpitng/component/editorArea"
         xmlns:list-view="http://www.hybris.com/cockpitng/component/listView"
         xmlns:simple-search="http://www.hybris.com/cockpitng/config/simplesearch"
         xmlns:advanced-search="http://www.hybris.com/cockpitng/config/advancedsearch"
         xmlns:dsb="http://www.hybris.com/cockpitng/config/dashboard">
 
     <!-- frutarombackoffice UI configuration should be provided here -->
 
     <context type="Product" component="pcmbackoffice-listviewactions"  merge-by="type" >
         <y:actions xmlns:y="http://www.hybris.com/cockpit/config/hybris">
             <y:group qualifier="common" show-group-header="false">
                 <y:label>actiongroup.common</y:label>
                 <y:action action-id="de.frutarom.cockpitng.action.generateartiklepass" property="selectedObjects"/>
             </y:group>
         </y:actions>
     </context>
 
 
     <context type="Product" component="pcmbackoffice-assortment-listviewactions" merge-by="type" >
         <y:actions xmlns:y="http://www.hybris.com/cockpit/config/hybris">
             <y:group qualifier="common">
                 <y:label>actiongroup.common</y:label>
                 <y:action action-id="de.frutarom.cockpitng.action.generateartiklepass" property="selectedObjects"/>
             </y:group>
         </y:actions>
     </context>
 
     <context component="pcm-quicklist-actions" type="Product" merge-by="type" >
         <y:actions xmlns:y="http://www.hybris.com/cockpit/config/hybris">
             <y:three-dots-group qualifier="common">
                 <y:label>actiongroup.common</y:label>
                 <y:action action-id="de.frutarom.cockpitng.action.generateartiklepass" property="selectedObjects"/>
             </y:three-dots-group>
         </y:actions>
     </context>
 
 </config>

I can see that my-backoffice-extension_bof.jar is being generated and if I open it, I can see my action definition and I can see the handler class.

I've tried multiple times to refresh backoffice config in F4 menu.

An I always get the same result. The action button is not displayed and I get this warn in the log:

 WARN  [hybrisHTTP1] [Action] could not find action definition for code [de.frutarom.cockpitng.action.generateartiklepass]

As an interesting fact, this same warn shows up for OOTB actions such as "run cronjob" and the actions are not visible, this makes me think that is a backoffice bug.

 WARN  [hybrisHTTP1] [Action] could not find action definition for code [com.hybris.cockpitng.action.runcronjob]
     WARN  [hybrisHTTP1] [Action] could not find action definition for code [com.hybris.cockpitng.action.abortcronjob]
     WARN  [hybrisHTTP1] [Action] could not find action definition for code [de.hybris.platform.platformbackoffice.actions.deletecronjoblogs.DeleteCronJobLogsAction]

Any suggestions on how to make this work ?

[Former Member]

Hi Daniel,

Can you please let me know how you resolved this issue?

Thanks, Rahul

[former_member627357]

Hi Daniel,

I am also facing the same issue, could you please let me know the solution for this.

Thanks, Praveen

[jesus-maica]

Hello, 

In my case there was missing a "/" in the name tag. I mean, the xml structure of the definition.xml file was wrong. 

Hope this helps!

Regards

[former_member695684]

Did anyone make it work ? Please share your solution for this, i have same error