Hi Pierre,
Here are the repeating error messages: 2017-11-09 06:03:38,835 ERROR [Timer-Driven Process Thread-7] o.a.n.p.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes ExtractHL7Attributes[id=015f105a-8bc0-1e9a-d683-34dd30c9d744] ExtractHL7Attributes[id=015f105a-8bc0-1e9a-d683-34dd30c9d744] failed to process session due to java.lang.NullPointerException: {} java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.nifi.processors.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes.getAllFields(ExtractHL7Attributes.java:287) at org.apache.nifi.processors.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes.getAttributes(ExtractHL7Attributes.java:217) at org.apache.nifi.processors.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes.onTrigger(ExtractHL7Attributes.java:199) at org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor.onTrigger(AbstractProcessor.java:27) at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode.onTrigger(StandardProcessorNode.java:1119) at org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.call(ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.java:147) at org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.call(ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.java:47) at org.apache.nifi.controller.scheduling.TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent$1.run(TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent.java:128) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 2017-11-09 06:03:38,835 WARN [Timer-Driven Process Thread-7] o.a.n.p.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes ExtractHL7Attributes[id=015f105a-8bc0-1e9a-d683-34dd30c9d744] Processor Administratively Yielded for 1 sec due to processing failure 2017-11-09 06:03:38,835 WARN [Timer-Driven Process Thread-7] o.a.n.c.t.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask Administratively Yielding ExtractHL7Attributes[id=015f105a-8bc0-1e9a-d683-34dd30c9d744] due to uncaught Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException 2017-11-09 06:03:38,835 WARN [Timer-Driven Process Thread-7] o.a.n.c.t.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.nifi.processors.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes.getAllFields(ExtractHL7Attributes.java:287) at org.apache.nifi.processors.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes.getAttributes(ExtractHL7Attributes.java:217) at org.apache.nifi.processors.hl7.ExtractHL7Attributes.onTrigger(ExtractHL7Attributes.java:199) at org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor.onTrigger(AbstractProcessor.java:27) at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode.onTrigger(StandardProcessorNode.java:1119) at org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.call(ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.java:147) at org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.call(ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.java:47) at org.apache.nifi.controller.scheduling.TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent$1.run(TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent.java:128) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Regards, Eric T. From: Pierre Villard [mailto:pierre.villard...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 7:40 AM To: users@nifi.apache.org Subject: Re: Hanging Processor: ExtractHL7Attributes Hi, Can you check nifi-app.log file instead of bootstrap? You have a bulletin generated (red icon) and you should have more information in the nifi-app.log file. Thanks! 2017-11-14 14:37 GMT+01:00 Eric Thompson <ericrushthomp...@gmail.com <mailto:ericrushthomp...@gmail.com> >: I am getting an error of 'Administratively Yielded for 1 sec due to processing failure' and the files that are triggering the error in the processor are not getting routed to the failure processor but seem to loop and stop up the first processor. Any ideas on how to resolve? I would expect the files that are loaded that cause the error would get routed, but instead it appears as though it eventually just stops accepting new files all together since the queue No errors in nifi-bootstrap.log. It runs for a while then gradually slows down and stops processing new files. Tried increase the memory heap to 1,024 MB, but got an error when tried to follow the https://community.hortonworks.com/articles/7882/hdfnifi-best-practices-for-setting-up-a-high-perfo.html recommended 8g settings. Testing on: NiFi Version 1.4.0 Tag nifi-1.4.0-RC2 Build Date/Time 09/28/2017 14:58:26 CDT Java Version 1.8.0_151 OS Name Windows Server 2012 R2 Version 6.3 Architecture x86 Please advise! -ET