WebSphere Time out "Expected script return value is Boolean, received :null" (4349810)

Receiving errors in management server logs, is this a problem? What does it mean?

2012-01-03 10:25:32.093 ERROR [Data-3-thread-3608] com.quest.nitro.service.rule.rule.Rule - Condition should return
a boolean value in rule: WebSphere Local Timeouts on severity level: Critical. Reason: Expected script return value is Boolean, received :null
2012-01-03 10:25:32.156 ERROR [Data-3-thread-3608] com.quest.nitro.service.rule.rule.Rule - Condition should return
a boolean value in rule: WebSphere Global Timeouts on severity level: Critical. Reason: Expected script return value is Boolean, received :null

When there is no data, some rules throw warning messages because it's expecting a boolean value when it is null, i.e. no data.

JEE-7521 bug filed Rules throw error Expected script return value is Boolean, received :null.

Has effected some rules such as

WebSphere Local Timeouts
WebSphere Global Timeouts

Basically because there is no new data, we need to have the keyword “return” in the front of the condition so you do not receive the ERROR message in your log.

i.e., for both the WebSphere Local Timeouts Rule you would change the condition from

#LocalTimeoutCountLastInterval#>0

to

return #LocalTimeoutCountLastInterval#>0

STATUS:Fixed in 5.8.0