BeanLocatorException in VM Template file in Liferay 7.2 BeanLocatorException in VM Template file in Liferay 7.2 https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&threadId=119943012 2026-04-04T12:32:11Z 2026-04-04T12:32:11Z RE: BeanLocatorException in VM Template file in Liferay 7.2 Mohammed Yasin https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=119943821 2020-09-14T17:13:15Z 2020-09-14T17:13:15Z <html><head></head><body>Hi,<br>Try below code<br><pre><code>$layoutLocalService = $serviceLocator.findService("com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.LayoutLocalService")</code></pre><br>​​​​​​​</body></html> Mohammed Yasin 2020-09-14T17:13:15Z BeanLocatorException in VM Template file in Liferay 7.2 Shiva Lingam K https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=119943011 2020-09-14T13:30:03Z 2020-09-14T13:30:03Z Hi All,          I am getting the exception for below code in VM Template<img alt="emoticon" src="@theme_images_path@/emoticons/kiss.gif" >set ($layoutLocalService = $serviceLocator.findService(&#34;com.liferay.portal.service.LayoutLocalService&#34;))<br />#set ($layoutId = $getterUtil.getLong($internallink.getData()))#set ($themeDisplay = $request.get(&#39;theme-display&#39;))<br />#set ($currentPlid = $getterUtil.getLong($themeDisplay.get(&#39;plid&#39;)))<br />#set ($currentLayout = $layoutLocalService.getLayout($currentPlid))<strong>Exception:</strong><strong>2020-09-14 09:25:38.456 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-1][ServiceLocator:50] com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.BeanLocatorException: org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No bean named &#39;com.liferay.portal.service.LayoutLocalService&#39; available<br />com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.BeanLocatorException: org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No bean named &#39;com.liferay.portal.service.LayoutLocalService&#39; available<br />        at com.liferay.portal.bean.BeanLocatorImpl.locate(BeanLocatorImpl.java:105)<br />        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.PortalBeanLocatorUtil.locate(PortalBeanLocatorUtil.java:82)<br />        at com.liferay.portal.template.ServiceLocator.findService(ServiceLocator.java:45)</strong><br />Any one tell me how to resolve this ? Shiva Lingam K 2020-09-14T13:30:03Z