HR Profile tree picker not working for reference fields

When the reference icon (magnifying glass) is clicked, the pop-up windows displays but shows only the header and no data. the following error also occurs:

11/20/16 07:58:31 (552) 3D5679804F97A600BB60E6101310C761 java.lang.NullPointerException: java.lang.NullPointerException: com.glide.db.ReferenceQualifier.add(ReferenceQualifier.java:153)
com.glide.processors.xmlhttp.GroupHierarchy.setReferenceQualifier(GroupHierarchy.java:193)
com.glide.processors.xmlhttp.GroupHierarchy.query(GroupHierarchy.java:177)
com.glide.processors.xmlhttp.GroupHierarchy.getRootRecords(GroupHierarchy.java:161)
com.glide.processors.xmlhttp.GroupHierarchy.getRecords(GroupHierarchy.java:135)
com.glide.processors.xmlhttp.GroupHierarchy.process(GroupHierarchy.java:65)
com.glide.processors.XMLHttpProcessor.processJavaAJAX(XMLHttpProcessor.java:143)
com.glide.processors.XMLHttpProcessor.process(XMLHttpProcessor.java:100)
com.glide.processors.AProcessor.runProcessor(AProcessor.java:412)
com.glide.processors.AProcessor.processTransaction(AProcessor.java:187)
com.glide.processors.ProcessorRegistry.process(ProcessorRegistry.java:165)
com.glide.ui.GlideServletTransaction.process(GlideServletTransaction.java:49)
com.glide.sys.ServletTransaction.run(ServletTransaction.java:34)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

1. Navigate to HR Administration > Organization > HR Profile and open an HR Profile form.

2. In the Employment Information tab, right-click in the Location or Department field and select Configure Dictionary.

3. Add tree_picker=true to the Attributes field and click Save.

   Note that the tree picker doesn't show any data.

Set the attribute to tree_picker=false.