Synthesis and SOLR - ArgumentNullException

[zimpy]

When requesting /synthesis.aspx it throws this exception. Unfortunately I don't have some steps to reproduce:

[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: fieldTypeName] Sitecore.Diagnostics.Assert.ArgumentNotNull(Object argument, String argumentName) +63 Sitecore.ContentSearch.SolrProvider.SolrFieldMap.GetFieldConfigurationByFieldTypeName(String fieldTypeName) +40 Sitecore.ContentSearch.SolrProvider.SolrFieldNameTranslator.ProcessFieldName(String fieldName, Type returnType, CultureInfo culture, String returnTypeString, Boolean aggressiveResolver) +1319 Sitecore.ContentSearch.SolrProvider.SolrFieldNameTranslator.GetIndexFieldName(String fieldName) +31 Synthesis.Generation.MetadataGenerator.GenerateMetadata() +868 Synthesis.SynthesisHelper.ExecMetadataWithAutoFriending(IEnumerable1 configurations, Action2 processAction) +467 Synthesis.SynthesisHelper.CheckSyncAll() +181 Synthesis.ControlPanel.ControlPanelPipelineProcessor.CreateSyncSummary() +110

[zimpy]

It seems like this happened because i didn't have any fields on my template. It only had some base templates. When i added a field directly on it, it worked.

[kamsar]

As a longer term enhancement, Synthesis really should modularize the content search stuff out of the core and into Lucene and Solr specific packages. Or maybe a shorter term one, if I can find the time (what's spare time again?)

[kamsar]

This isn't a complete fix but 306aac5 makes it not error (and generated no [IndexField] when the Solr name translator fails), as well as the option to disable content search integration entirely. This is in 8.2.2-RC01 on NuGet.

[kamsar]

This is fixed in 8.2.2 with an improved method from RC01