2118428 - PA-PD: When opening an appraisal in the portal, an error is displayed: Access using a 'ZERO' object reference is not possible

When opening an appraisal in the portal, an error is displayed:

Error: 500 SAP Internal Server Error
ERROR: Access using a 'ZERO' object reference is not possible. (termination: RABAX_STATE)

A dump file (this can be found in transaction ST22) is also generated which contains the following:

Category                           ABAP Programming Error
Runtime Errors                   OBJECTS_OBJREF_NOT_ASSIGNED
Except.                              CX_SY_REF_IS_INITIAL
Web Dynpro Component     HAP_DOCUMENT_BODY
Application Component       CA-GTF-AP-PM
 
Access using a 'ZERO' object reference is not possible.
 
Web Dynpro Component      HAP_DOCUMENT_BODY
Controller                           VW_BODY_DYN

• SAP ERP 6.0, Enhancement Pack 4 (EHP 4)
• SAP ERP 6.0, EHP 5
• SAP ERP 6.0, EHP 6
• SAP ERP 6.0, EHP 7 (and higher)

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