Job Definitions Shows Sorry Something Went Wrong

SharePoint Job Definitions shows Sorry Something Went Wrong on Project Server Farm

Steps to Reproduce Error

  1. From SharePoint Central Administration, click Monitoring
  2. From Monitoring, click Review job definitions
  3. You receive the error: “Sorry, something went wrong. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.”
    error message

Root Cause

This error can be caused when a Project Web App instance is removed but the associated SharePoint timer job definition(s) remain.

Resolution

Run a SharePoint Management Shell command similar to the following to generate a log file of all PWASSP jobs.

Get-SPTimerJob

where { $_.name -like “*PWASSP*” }

Format-List > E:\SharePointLogs\PWASSPJobs.log

administrator management shell

The log file will list all PWASSP jobs in blocks that begin with Data:

data

Review the job block. Check for an invalid PWA instance in the title. Also check for a LastRunTime of “1/1/0001” indicating an invalid last run.

If the job is determined to be invalid, run a SharePoint Management Shell command similar to the following with the job id from the log file.

Important Note: For Production environments perform during non-peak hours.

$job = Get-SPTimerJob –id d7c690ca-f97f-e411-80ec-005056af05c8 
$job.Delete()

delete job

Repeat for all invalid jobs.

Reset IIS on all web front end servers.