diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/model/renderer/AbstractPropertyColRenderer.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/model/renderer/AbstractPropertyColRenderer.java
index 5e4b46bd71fdf28a3093dbe4c3e735e3a7b6ba4b..7147548925d6b15ca73a04cee274d22515233004 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/model/renderer/AbstractPropertyColRenderer.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/model/renderer/AbstractPropertyColRenderer.java
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractPropertyColRenderer<T extends IEntityPropertiesHol
         return renderValue(entity);
     }
 
-    public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
+    public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
     {
-        return colDef.getComparableValue(rowModel);
+        return colDef.tryGetComparableValue(rowModel);
     }
 
     public boolean isLink()
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/AbstractColumnDefinition.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/AbstractColumnDefinition.java
index 41b66a1ae0065052a16d5049635c1273c6ed1b3a..9d737b9ff927ccc40f1cf9d472b52a5e7a718580 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/AbstractColumnDefinition.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/AbstractColumnDefinition.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractColumnDefinition<T> implements IColumnDefinitionUI
         return value != null ? value : "";
     }
 
-    public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
+    public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
     {
         return getValue(rowModel);
     }
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/CommonColumnDefinition.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/CommonColumnDefinition.java
index cbbb2d34982ac34583c81f3a5aa0e350cc604ebc..a2034e20d6c68de6c648a5760a693bae17f44719 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/CommonColumnDefinition.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/CommonColumnDefinition.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class CommonColumnDefinition<T> extends AbstractColumnDefinition<T>
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
+    public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
     {
         return columnDefinitionKind.getDescriptor().getComparableValue(rowModel);
     }
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/EntityPropertyColDef.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/EntityPropertyColDef.java
index b969a8a41f3f3d97fc2405bc41f0ed80a5f1c888..23ebed62279b9f8749fbe2eb0c7bda2dbbb77b27 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/EntityPropertyColDef.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/framework/EntityPropertyColDef.java
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.dto.PropertyType;
 public class EntityPropertyColDef<T extends IEntityPropertiesHolder> extends
         AbstractColumnDefinition<T> implements IsSerializable
 {
-    private static final Double DOUBLE_MIN_VALUE = new Double(-Double.MAX_VALUE);
-
-    private static final Integer INTEGER_MIN_VALUE = new Integer(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
-
     private static final int PROPERTY_COLUMN_WIDTH = 120;
 
     private static final String PROPERTY_PREFIX = "property-";
@@ -112,18 +108,18 @@ public class EntityPropertyColDef<T extends IEntityPropertiesHolder> extends
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
+    public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
     {
         String valueAsString = tryGetValue(rowModel.getOriginalObject());
         DataTypeCode dataType = getDataTypeCode();
         switch (dataType)
         {
             case INTEGER:
-                return valueAsString == null ? INTEGER_MIN_VALUE : new Integer(valueAsString);
+                return valueAsString == null ? null : new Integer(valueAsString);
             case REAL:
-                return valueAsString == null ? DOUBLE_MIN_VALUE : new Double(valueAsString);
+                return valueAsString == null ? null : new Double(valueAsString);
             default:
-                return super.getComparableValue(rowModel);
+                return super.tryGetComparableValue(rowModel);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GenericTableRowColumnDefinition.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GenericTableRowColumnDefinition.java
index a03aee67f683174cb154d35840f198a2be52f109..eff1fe538d51d709d319a42b018a2e0f1fdd7fa0 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GenericTableRowColumnDefinition.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GenericTableRowColumnDefinition.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class GenericTableRowColumnDefinition implements IColumnDefinition<Generi
         this(null, null);
     }
 
-    public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<GenericTableRow> rowModel)
+    public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<GenericTableRow> rowModel)
     {
         return getCellValue(rowModel);
     }
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GridCustomColumnDefinition.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GridCustomColumnDefinition.java
index f456e2c55f1ea247b275b7e3997704f4c174375e..a00301beac1a271c12125aa93e3b5b4a95b7b23a 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GridCustomColumnDefinition.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/GridCustomColumnDefinition.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class GridCustomColumnDefinition<T> implements IColumnDefinitionUI<T>
         return false;
     }
 
-    public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
+    public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
     {
         return getPrimitiveValue(rowModel).getComparableValue();
     }
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ public class GridCustomColumnDefinition<T> implements IColumnDefinitionUI<T>
 
     public String getValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel)
     {
-        return getPrimitiveValue(rowModel).toString();
+        String value = getPrimitiveValue(rowModel).toString();
+        return value != null ? value : "";
     }
 
     public String getHeader()
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/data/DataSetReportColumnDefinition.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/data/DataSetReportColumnDefinition.java
index 93825630e8fdae8b0bdd85cfbd16a97cb68c42a3..2a795b7dddc219cf1d7770280ef98c5ff0a8b7e4 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/data/DataSetReportColumnDefinition.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/columns/specific/data/DataSetReportColumnDefinition.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class DataSetReportColumnDefinition implements IColumnDefinition<TableMod
         this.sessionID = sessionID;
     }
 
-    public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<TableModelRow> rowModel)
+    public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<TableModelRow> rowModel)
     {
         return getCellValue(rowModel);
     }
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/GridExpressionUtils.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/GridExpressionUtils.java
index 66dcd02922d15fd98cbe92325625e4a7d311bc1e..b0d24305aba1cb6e0fc6f208d14f0fdc15d02d33 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/GridExpressionUtils.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/GridExpressionUtils.java
@@ -128,8 +128,12 @@ public class GridExpressionUtils
                 String columnId = customColumn.getCode();
                 RowCalculator<T> calculator = calculators.get(columnId);
                 PrimitiveValue value = evalCustomColumn(rowData, customColumn, calculator);
-                customColumn.setDataType(DataTypeUtils.getCompatibleDataType(customColumn
-                        .getDataType(), value.getDataType()));
+                // don't modify type if it is a null string
+                if (value.toString() == null)
+                {
+                    customColumn.setDataType(DataTypeUtils.getCompatibleDataType(customColumn
+                            .getDataType(), value.getDataType()));
+                }
                 customColumnValues.put(columnId, value);
             }
             result.add(new GridRowModel<T>(rowData, customColumnValues));
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/Row.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/Row.java
index 8f45ff5a73d135df7d1ad07e2c3fba06504421f3..1679074e5f5f5eb0811b69dd30b0349778243d31 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/Row.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/Row.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ final class Row<T>
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Undefined column: " + columnID);
         }
 
-        return columnDefinition.getComparableValue(row);
+        return columnDefinition.tryGetComparableValue(row);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculator.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculator.java
index 685def5e1a62d1342fc4a4f5d54078d44744d486..ae036c1dd682b89abcdd7773eb13de48a7cc3581 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculator.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculator.java
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class RowCalculator<T>
 
     public RowCalculator(Set<IColumnDefinition<T>> availableColumns, String expression)
     {
-        this(availableColumns, expression, Collections.<ParameterWithValue>emptySet());
+        this(availableColumns, expression, Collections.<ParameterWithValue> emptySet());
     }
-    
+
     public RowCalculator(Set<IColumnDefinition<T>> availableColumns, String expression,
             Set<ParameterWithValue> parameters)
     {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class RowCalculator<T>
             return new PrimitiveValue((Double) value);
         } else
         {
-            return new PrimitiveValue(value.toString());
+            return new PrimitiveValue(value == null ? (String) null : value.toString());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManager.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManager.java
index 2dac49fa4b62811cebe22b5e54e40fa2d13ee89c..f7d77beb66a49339aff37ec8cac37acc1c5a948b 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManager.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManager.java
@@ -257,9 +257,19 @@ public final class CachedResultSetManager<K> implements IResultSetManager<K>, Se
                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                 public int compare(GridRowModel<T> o1, GridRowModel<T> o2)
                 {
-                    Comparable v1 = sortField.getComparableValue(o1);
-                    Comparable v2 = sortField.getComparableValue(o2);
-                    return v1.compareTo(v2);
+                    Comparable v1 = sortField.tryGetComparableValue(o1);
+                    Comparable v2 = sortField.tryGetComparableValue(o2);
+                    // treat null as minimal value
+                    if (v1 == null) 
+                    {
+                        return -1;
+                    } else if (v2 == null)
+                    {
+                        return 1;
+                    } else
+                    {
+                        return v1.compareTo(v2);
+                    }
                 }
             };
         return applySortDir(sortDir, comparator);
@@ -335,11 +345,11 @@ public final class CachedResultSetManager<K> implements IResultSetManager<K>, Se
         {
             K dataKey = cacheConfig.tryGetResultSetKey();
             GridRowModels<T> data = fetchCachedData(dataKey);
-            if (data == null) // Really shoudn't happen, but these cases have been observed. 
+            if (data == null) // Really shoudn't happen, but these cases have been observed.
             {
                 return calculateResultSetAndSave(sessionToken, resultConfig, dataProvider);
             }
-            
+
             if (mode == ResultSetFetchMode.FETCH_FROM_CACHE)
             {
                 return filterLimitAndSort(resultConfig, data, dataKey);
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/GridRowModel.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/GridRowModel.java
index 9c1b5c9bf619b22083c1fe81cc13a3246abc49bd..a2c941d30bf7682d63e9cfdf8d7dd884471b086b 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/GridRowModel.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/GridRowModel.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class GridRowModel<T> implements IsSerializable
 {
     private T originalObject;
 
+    // TODO Now that we use GWT 2.0 it should be possible to use map here.
     // We would like to have a Map field, but we cannot do it because of a bug in
     // displaying serialization warnings in GWT 1.5. It was fixed in GWT 1.6
     private List<GridCustomColumnValue> calculatedColumnValues;
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/IColumnDefinition.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/IColumnDefinition.java
index 40a056c963ef1ba74a7b4dcff8a6121a068376d2..8a8e4b7f4ac25e164cd77720f8bec29a54cc584b 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/IColumnDefinition.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/IColumnDefinition.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
 
-
 /**
  * Describes table column's metadata. Has the ability to render cell values for the column given the
  * row model.
@@ -30,7 +29,8 @@ public interface IColumnDefinition<T> extends IsSerializable
     /** extracts value for the cell of the represented column */
     String getValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel);
 
-    Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel);
+    /** tries to extract comparable value for the cell of the represented column */
+    Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<T> rowModel);
 
     /** column's header */
     String getHeader();
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/dto/GridCustomColumn.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/dto/GridCustomColumn.java
index fc21d1036bdd5667eca2f2cb00fb79cbad833979..a39a3c03b63f27f085ac7d0792af16a2f6d386fb 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/dto/GridCustomColumn.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/basic/dto/GridCustomColumn.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.dto;
 
-
 /**
  * Stores information describing the grid custom column.
  * 
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ public class GridCustomColumn extends AbstractGridExpression
     private static final long serialVersionUID = ServiceVersionHolder.VERSION;
 
     private String code;
+
     private DataTypeCode dataType;
 
     public String getCode()
@@ -50,4 +50,10 @@ public class GridCustomColumn extends AbstractGridExpression
         return dataType;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return code + "[" + dataType + "]";
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculatorTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculatorTest.java
index e0f22846cd4e55a170d8acaccc3f94e7816d1d95..9e1bef584420c3351d00defdb461dab79b9b257b 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculatorTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowCalculatorTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class RowCalculatorTest extends AssertJUnit
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<Data> rowModel)
+                public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<Data> rowModel)
                 {
                     return rowModel.getOriginalObject().getValue();
                 }
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowTest.java
index c707db2665a86ddf74a14d6ee9804b330b0656d0..14a2baa927a1dc66162948ecbe2db02788f5f27e 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/calculator/RowTest.java
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ public class RowTest extends AssertJUnit
         context.checking(new Expectations()
             {
                 {
-                    one(def1).getComparableValue(data1);
+                    one(def1).tryGetComparableValue(data1);
                     will(returnValue(getVal(data1)));
 
-                    one(def2).getComparableValue(data2);
+                    one(def2).tryGetComparableValue(data2);
                     will(returnValue(getVal(data2)));
                 }
             });
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class RowTest extends AssertJUnit
                     one(def2).tryToGetProperty(PROPERTY_KEY);
                     will(returnValue(PROPERTY_VALUE));
 
-                    one(def2).getComparableValue(data);
+                    one(def2).tryGetComparableValue(data);
                     will(returnValue(getVal(data)));
                 }
             });
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ public class RowTest extends AssertJUnit
         context.checking(new Expectations()
             {
                 {
-                    one(def1).getComparableValue(data);
+                    one(def1).tryGetComparableValue(data);
                     will(returnValue(getVal(data)));
 
-                    one(def2).getComparableValue(data);
+                    one(def2).tryGetComparableValue(data);
                     will(returnValue(2 * getVal(data)));
                 }
             });
@@ -319,10 +319,10 @@ public class RowTest extends AssertJUnit
         context.checking(new Expectations()
             {
                 {
-                    one(def1).getComparableValue(data);
+                    one(def1).tryGetComparableValue(data);
                     will(returnValue(getVal(data)));
 
-                    one(def2).getComparableValue(data);
+                    one(def2).tryGetComparableValue(data);
                     will(returnValue(2 * getVal(data)));
                 }
             });
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManagerTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManagerTest.java
index 7900b4e0ad8fd939b3b3284320d36cbb69fb3051..36b8ec5b90244a3c175b612051564b9abdea1a56 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManagerTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/resultset/CachedResultSetManagerTest.java
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public final class CachedResultSetManagerTest
                     return identifier;
                 }
 
-                public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<String> rowModel)
+                public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<String> rowModel)
                 {
                     return getValue(rowModel);
                 }
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/FilterUtilsTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/FilterUtilsTest.java
index 7bd2ba4f5a7a1009888f1337b561c700f438f7e7..40b48249eca2ea556208f8d854c3a321357702f7 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/FilterUtilsTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/FilterUtilsTest.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class FilterUtilsTest extends AssertJUnit
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<Data> rowModel)
+                public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<Data> rowModel)
                 {
                     return rowModel.getOriginalObject().getValue();
                 }
diff --git a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/TSVRendererTest.java b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/TSVRendererTest.java
index aff69868ed1f494507eaed70a8dd30935132f14c..195793cb92cf738f76c24770abe9adf48000fc44 100644
--- a/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/TSVRendererTest.java
+++ b/openbis/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/server/util/TSVRendererTest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class TSVRendererTest
                     return rowModel.getOriginalObject()[colIx];
                 }
 
-                public Comparable<?> getComparableValue(GridRowModel<String[]> rowModel)
+                public Comparable<?> tryGetComparableValue(GridRowModel<String[]> rowModel)
                 {
                     return getValue(rowModel);
                 }