Migration to CRM 2016: Unable to get property 'getPageData' of undefined or null reference - dynamics-crm-2016

Question

After migration from CRM 2013 to CRM 2016 (On Premise), we have error messages in the browser like:
Unable to get property 'getPageData' of undefined or null reference
Unable to get property 'className' of undefined or null reference
Unable to get property 'firstChild' of undefined or null reference
The error happens in components of CRM. Any idea, what the reason could be?
<ReportVersion>1.0</ReportVersion>
<ScriptErrorDetails>
<Message>Unable to get property 'getPageData' of undefined or null reference</Message>
<Line>2083</Line>
<URL>/_static/form/formcontrols.js?ver=1804820318</URL>
<PageURL>/form/page.aspx?lcid=1033&themeId=f499443d-2082-4938-8842-e7ee62de9a23&tstamp=197130723&updateTimeStamp=635905304768102438&userts=131002784247688030&ver=1804820318#etc=2&extraqs=%3fetc%3d2%26id%3d%257b7DE4DCC6-207F-E511-9528-005056A03927%257d&pagemode=iframe&pagetype=entityrecord&counter=1455804831411</PageURL>
<Function>anonymousr:Unabletogetproperty'getPageData'ofundefinedornullreference</Function>
<FunctionRaw>TypeError: Unable to get property 'getPageData' of undefined or null reference</FunctionRaw>
<CallStack>
<Function>anonymousr:Unabletogetproperty'getPageData'ofundefinedornullreference</Function>
</CallStack>
</ScriptErrorDetails>

Answer 1

Try suggestion provided at the end of thread - https://community.dynamics.com/crm/f/117/p/190275/482107
When do errors occur?

Answer 2

I' v had similar error [1] on 8.2.2.112 when pressing Next Stage on Business Process Flow. Much effort was put into debugging so wanted to document it somwhere.
Rollup field
The error was caused by rollup fields that provides SUM for Money fields. The HTML generated by CRM and javascript function didn't match.
Guilty line is within /_static/form/formcontrols.js called on line 28871:
XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetNextSibling(this.get_controlValue().parentNode)))))).innerHTML = CrmEncodeDecode.CrmHtmlDecode((this.$5_1.$3_2).get_currencySymbol());
This one returns null and it therefore spits error: XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetNextSibling(this.get_controlValue().parentNode
Solution
FIX 1: Enable "Use legacy form rendering" under System Settings
OR Fix 2: Remove Currency rollup fields from form.
OR Fix 3: Create non-rollup fields that get calculated with workflow or plugin.
OR Fix 4: You may do some jQuery stuff and add some empty siblings which it -
expects. Except it may show duplicate currency symbol (at least for EUR currency) - one as prefix the other one as suffix.
OR Fix 5: Most undesirable way: patch that .js yourself if you're on-premises.
Replace line 28871:
XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetNextSibling(this.get_controlValue().parentNode)))))).innerHTML = CrmEncodeDecode.CrmHtmlDecode((this.$5_1.$3_2).get_currencySymbol());
With:
if (XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetNextSibling(this.get_controlValue().parentNode) !== null) {
XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetFirstChild(XUI.Html.DomUtils.GetNextSibling(this.get_controlValue().parentNode)))))).innerHTML = CrmEncodeDecode.CrmHtmlDecode((this.$5_1.$3_2).get_currencySymbol());
}
[1] Error:
<ScriptErrorDetails>
<Message>Cannot read property 'firstChild' of null</Message>
<Line>0</Line>
<URL>/form/page.aspx?lcid=1033&themeId=2cf54f8a-be4d-477c-a1f5-29b894a487ca&tstamp=53798526&updateTimeStamp=636392540341784672&userts=131546192871874626&ver=-1991520363#etc=3&extraqs=%3f_gridType%3d3%26etc%3d3%26id%3d%257b586C2C21-E8F8-E611-80F5-005056BD19EE%257d%26opened%3dgrid%26process%3dc9426a91-9fc0-4c2d-a21c-4b9d2a38a6d5%26processts%3d51389819%26rskey%3d%257b00000000-0000-0000-00AA-000010003001%257d&pagemode=iframe&pagetype=entityrecord&rskey=%7b00000000-0000-0000-00AA-000010003001%7d&counter=1510145890205</URL>
<PageURL>/form/page.aspx?lcid=1033&themeId=2cf54f8a-be4d-477c-a1f5-29b894a487ca&tstamp=53798526&updateTimeStamp=636392540341784672&userts=131546192871874626&ver=-1991520363#etc=3&extraqs=%3f_gridType%3d3%26etc%3d3%26id%3d%257b586C2C21-E8F8-E611-80F5-005056BD19EE%257d%26opened%3dgrid%26process%3dc9426a91-9fc0-4c2d-a21c-4b9d2a38a6d5%26processts%3d51389819%26rskey%3d%257b00000000-0000-0000-00AA-000010003001%257d&pagemode=iframe&pagetype=entityrecord&rskey=%7b00000000-0000-0000-00AA-000010003001%7d&counter=1510145890205</PageURL>
<Function>anonymous(dirtyVisiblePropertyData){var$v_0=dirtyVisiblePropertyData.getKeys();for(var$v_1=0;$v_1<$v_0.length;$v_1++){var$v_2=$v_0[$v_1];if(IsNull(this.get_viewMap().get_item($v_2))){}else{try{this.get_viewMap().get_item($v_2).update(dirtyVisiblePropertyD</Function>
<FunctionRaw>function (dirtyVisiblePropertyData) {
var $v_0 = dirtyVisiblePropertyData.getKeys();
for (var $v_1 = 0; $v_1 < $v_0.length; $v_1++) {
var $v_2 = $v_0[$v_1];
if (IsNull(this.get_viewMap().get_item($v_2))) {
</FunctionRaw>
<CallStack>
<Function>anonymous(dirtyVisiblePropertyData){var$v_0=dirtyVisiblePropertyData.getKeys();for(var$v_1=0;$v_1<$v_0.length;$v_1++){var$v_2=$v_0[$v_1];if(IsNull(this.get_viewMap().get_item($v_2))){}else{try{this.get_viewMap().get_item($v_2).update(dirtyVisiblePropertyData.get_item($v_2));}catch($v_3){Mscrm.CrmDebug.fail(String.format('ExceptionencounteredupdatingUIelement{0}:{1}',$v_2,$v_3.message));catchError($v_3.message,window.location.href,0,true);}}}}</Function>
<Function>anonymous(){if(this.$AV_1){var$v_0=this.$4h_1;this.$4h_1=new(Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.TypedDictionary$1.$$(Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.PropertyBag))();this.ui.updateUI($v_0);}}</Function>
<Function>anonymous(){this.$7A_1++;var$v_0=null;if(!this.$AE_1){setPerformanceMarkerTimestamp(String.format('UIUpdate{0}StartTime',this.$7A_1));$v_0=Xrm.Internal.startMetricsStopwatch(String.format('UIUpdate{0}',this.$7A_1));$v_0.start();}this.$8w_1=false;for(var$v_1=0;$v_1<this.$2F_1.length;$v_1++){var$v_2=this.$2F_1[$v_1];if(!IsNull($v_2)){$v_2.flushVisibilityChanges();}}if($v_0){$v_0.stop();setPerformanceMarkerTimestamp(String.format('UIUpdate{0}EndTime',this.$7A_1));}window.top.TurboFormLoadStartTime=null;}</Function>
<Function>anonymous(){Mscrm.Performance.PerformanceMarkerManager.get_instance().addMarker('MDDEnd',1);try{var$v_0=Xrm.Internal.startMetricsStopwatch('PostOnLoadUIUpdate');$v_0.start();this.finishUIUpdate();$v_0.stop();}finally{this.$Ih_1();this.updateFormDirtyState();try{if(isOutlookHostedWindow()){getOutlookHostedWindow().handlePostOnLoad();}}catch($$e_1){}}}</Function>
<Function>anonymous(){var$v_0=Xrm.Internal.startMetricsStopwatch('HandlePostOnLoad');$v_0.start();if(Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.PageManager.get_instance().$L_1===this){this.get_pidRequestManager().clearRecords();Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.PageManager.get_instance().handlePostOnLoad();var$v_1=Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.PageBootstrapper.getPageState();if(!IsNull($v_1)&&$v_1.formType!==7&&!$v_1.recordId.equals(Microsoft.Crm.Client.Core.Framework.Guid.get_empty())){Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.PageBootstrapper.requestSubGridData();}this.get_pidRequestManager().requestPidPtsWithLookupService();setAttributeInWindow('FormEntityLogicalName',(this.data.getEntity())?this.data.getEntity().getEntityName()||'':'');setAttributeInWindow('FormEntityTypeCode',(this.data.getEntity()&&!Mscrm.InternalUtilities.JSTypes.isNull(this.data.getEntity().getEntityTypeCode()))?this.data.getEntity().getEntityTypeCode().toString():'');if(!Mscrm.InternalUtilities.JSTypes.isNullOrEmptyString(window.CUSTOM_ETC_LIST)&&JSON.parse(window.CUSTOM_ETC_LIST).indexOf(this.data.getEntity().getEntityTypeCode())>-1){setAttributeInWindow('IsCustomEntity','true');}else{setAttributeInWindow('IsCustomEntity','false');}if(!IsNull(window.turboHeaderScriptIncludes)){if(this.scriptIncludesSearch(window.turboHeaderScriptIncludes,'/_static/cs/articlesearchribbon/articlesearchribbon.js')){Mscrm.CrmHeader.setScriptFileForTurboForm(Mscrm.CrmUri.create('/_static/CS/ArticleSearchRibbon/ArticleSearchRibbon.js'));}}Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.PageManager.get_instance().loadActionHubIframe();window.setTimeout(this.$$d_$Ff_1,15);if(!IsNull($v_1)&&$v_1.formType!==7){Mscrm.MetricsCollector.collectAndReportClientMetrics(2);}}else{Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.PageManager.get_instance().finishUIUpdate();}$v_0.stop();}</Function>
<Function>anonymous(){returnb.apply(a,arguments)}</Function>
<Function>anonymous(c,d){for(varb=0,e=a.length;b<e;b++)a[b](c,d)}</Function>
<Function>anonymous(message){switch(message){case'TurboFormPostOnloadTimestamp':setPerformanceMarkerTimestamp('TurboFormPostOnloadTimestamp');Mscrm.Performance.PerformanceMarkerManager.get_instance().addMarker('TurboFormPostOnloadTimestamp',1);var$v_0=Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.CustomScriptsManager.get_instance().$7d_1.getHandler(String.format('MessageEventFormat_{0}',message));if(!IsNull($v_0)){$v_0();window.pageLoadedCheckForNavigateApi=true;if(!IsNull(window.parent)&&!IsNull(window.parent.parent)){window.parent.pageLoadedCheckForNavigateApi=true;window.parent.parent.pageLoadedCheckForNavigateApi=true;}}break;case'ScriptsAreLoaded':if(Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.CustomScriptsManager.get_instance().$57_1){Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.CustomScriptsManager.get_instance().$57_1=false;}var$v_1=Mscrm.TurboForm.Control.CustomScriptsManager.get_instance().$7d_1.getHandler(String.format('ScriptsAreLoaded',message));if(!IsNull($v_1)){$v_1();}break;}}</Function>
<Function>SendMessageToPageManager(message)</Function>
<Function>RunHandlerInternal(method,parameters,executionContext,executeIfAvailableOnly)</Function>
<Function>RunHandlers()</Function>
<Function>OnScriptTagLoaded(url)</Function>
<Function>anonymous(){OnScriptTagLoaded(url);}</Function>
</CallStack>
</ScriptErrorDetails>

Answer 3

Thanks to Andrii!
Removing a composite control in the header did the trick.
It seems to be a bug in CRM 2016, but our customers can live without this information in the header. All fine!
Kind regards,
Matthias