topic Need help about node.assocs and ftl in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/need-help-about-node-assocs-and-ftl/m-p/277539#M230669 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi everyone,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I really need your help. I'm working on web script (javascript) and i need to render content association</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Here is the association in my contentModel.xml :</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> &lt;associations&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;association name="custom<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />RImage"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Press Release Image&lt;/title&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;source&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/source&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;target&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;class&gt;cm:content&lt;/class&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;false&lt;/many&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/target&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/association&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;association name="custom<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />RFiles"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Press Release Files&lt;/title&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;source&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/source&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;target&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;class&gt;cm:content&lt;/class&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/target&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/association&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/associations&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is my javascript code :</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>item.assocs = node.assocs["custom<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />RFiles"];</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This how i render it with ftl :</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;#list data.items as item&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"assoc": "${item.assocs}"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here are the erros :</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>14:52:06,353 User:admin ERROR [freemarker.runtime] Error on line 2, column 15 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Expecting a string, date or number here, Expression jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x) is instead a freemarker.template.SimpleSequence</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error on line 2, column 15 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Expecting a string, date or number here, Expression jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x) is instead a freemarker.template.SimpleSequence</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The problematic instruction:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>———-</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>==&gt; ${item.modifiedBy} escaped ${jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(item.modifiedBy)} [on line 20, column 40 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl]</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>———-</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Java backtrace for programmers:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>———-</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>freemarker.core.NonStringException: Error on line 2, column 15 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Expecting a string, date or number here, Expression jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x) is instead a freemarker.template.SimpleSequence</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Expression.getStringValue(Expression.java:126)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Expression.getStringValue(Expression.java:93)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.DollarVariable.accept(DollarVariable.java:76)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock$Context.runLoop(IteratorBlock.java:179)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:417)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock.accept(IteratorBlock.java:102)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.EscapeBlock.accept(EscapeBlock.java:84)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:190)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:237)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:197)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.renderTemplate(AbstractWebScript.java:589)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.renderFormatTemplate(DeclarativeWebScript.java:267)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:147)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer$2.execute(RepositoryContainer.java:377)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:381)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(RepositoryContainer.java:436)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecuteAs(RepositoryContainer.java:466)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScript(RepositoryContainer.java:304)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:333)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:189)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.servlet.WebScriptServlet.service(WebScriptServlet.java:118)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.GlobalLocalizationFilter.doFilter(GlobalLocalizationFilter.java:58)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:859)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:579)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1555)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>14:52:06,364&nbsp; ERROR [extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime] Exception from executeScript - redirecting to status template error: 09020001 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 09020000 Error during processing of the template 'Error on line 2, column 15 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Expecting a string, date or number here, Expression jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x) is instead a freemarker.template.SimpleSequence'. Please contact your system administrator.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException: 09020001 Wrapped Exception (with status template): 09020000 Error during processing of the template 'Error on line 2, column 15 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Expecting a string, date or number here, Expression jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x) is instead a freemarker.template.SimpleSequence'. Please contact your system administrator.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.createStatusException(AbstractWebScript.java:758)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:171)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer$2.execute(RepositoryContainer.java:377)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:381)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(RepositoryContainer.java:436)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecuteAs(RepositoryContainer.java:466)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScript(RepositoryContainer.java:304)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:333)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:189)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.servlet.WebScriptServlet.service(WebScriptServlet.java:118)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.GlobalLocalizationFilter.doFilter(GlobalLocalizationFilter.java:58)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:859)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:579)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1555)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Caused by: org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.TemplateException: 09020000 Error during processing of the template 'Error on line 2, column 15 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Expecting a string, date or number here, Expression jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x) is instead a freemarker.template.SimpleSequence'. Please contact your system administrator.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:201)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript.renderTemplate(AbstractWebScript.java:589)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.renderFormatTemplate(DeclarativeWebScript.java:267)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:147)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;… 24 more</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Caused by: freemarker.core.NonStringException: Error on line 2, column 15 in org/alfresco/slingshot/search/search.get.json.ftl</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Expecting a string, date or number here, Expression jsonUtils.encodeJSONString(x) is instead a freemarker.template.SimpleSequence</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Expression.getStringValue(Expression.java:126)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Expression.getStringValue(Expression.java:93)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.DollarVariable.accept(DollarVariable.java:76)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock$Context.runLoop(IteratorBlock.java:179)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:417)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.IteratorBlock.accept(IteratorBlock.java:102)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.EscapeBlock.accept(EscapeBlock.java:84)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:190)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:237)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:197)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;… 27 more</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can anyone explain briefly why this error happen please?What is the proper way to get content association?I have been working on this for two weeks and still don't have any clue</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanx</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Nunut</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:02:22 GMT nunut 2011-10-02T08:02:22Z Need help about node.assocs and ftl https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/need-help-about-node-assocs-and-ftl/m-p/277539#M230669 Hi everyone,I really need your help. I'm working on web script (javascript) and i need to render content associationHere is the association in my contentModel.xml : &lt;associations&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;association name="custom<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />RImage"&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Press Release Image&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp; Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:02:22 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/need-help-about-node-assocs-and-ftl/m-p/277539#M230669 nunut 2011-10-02T08:02:22Z Re: Need help about node.assocs and ftl https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/need-help-about-node-assocs-and-ftl/m-p/277540#M230670 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>FreeMarker does not automatically map json objects directly to freemarker objects - you'll need to map them specifically in your ftl file i.e. iterate through each element and map the contents.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>the following sample code will map each item in the data object to a new "associations" object that is available in the ftl</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />"associations":<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;#list data.items as item&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"nodeRef": "${item.assoc.noderef}"<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&lt;#if item_has_next&gt;,&lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/#list&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:42:31 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/need-help-about-node-assocs-and-ftl/m-p/277540#M230670 kbrady 2011-11-28T13:42:31Z