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Import Error and Warning Messages

Refer to Table 5‑4 for a list of errors and warnings.

Table 54 Import Error and Warning Messages

Type

Message

Reason

Error

Invalid Form Type

The name of the form-type is not matching a form-type in this project.

In case of import tree forms, the provided form-type value is not among the available tree form types.

Check the provided form-type name to match exactly the one in the project.

Error

Could not find upload file!

Import file is missing.

Choose an import file.

Error

Form ID is a required field

Form ID is not provided. Form ID must be provided by user when the form-type has User Defined numbering and not an automated numbering.

Provided a Form ID value in import and set the Form ID from the field dropdown list.

Error

Number/Display ID is a required field

Form ID is not provided. Form ID must be provided by user when the form-type has User Defined numbering and not an automated numbering.

Provided a Form ID value in import and set the Form ID from the field dropdown list.

Specific to import of tree forms.

Error

Form type is a required field

Form Type is not provided. Control field Form Type is required.

Provide a form type value in import and set Form Type from the field dropdown list.

Specific to import of tree forms.

See Control Fields

Error

Invalid Parent Form Type

The value provided for the form type is not valid. Parent-child relation does not exists between these form-types.

Provide a form type value that is valid.

Specific to import of tree forms.

Error

Depth is a required field

Depth is not provided. Control field Depth is required.

Provide a depth value in import and set Depth from the field dropdown list.

Specific to import of tree forms.

See Control Fields

Error

Invalid Depth

Depth value in import is not valid.

Check the Depth value in import and correct it with a proper value.

Specific to import of tree forms.

See Control Fields

Error

UID is a required field.

When updating forms, UID is a required control field.

Provide UID value in import and set a the UID from the field dropdown list

Specific to import of tree forms.

See Control Fields

Error

<field name> is a required field

<field name> field is a required field and form cannot be saved with an empty value.

Provide a value for the <field name> in import file for each form to be saved.

Error

The Form ID does not exist in the system

The provided form id does not exist in this project and the import cannot update this form.

Check the provided value for the Form ID.

Error

Invalid Form ID

The Form ID value provided as root for the partial import of tree is not valid.

Provided a valid Form ID value and set the Form ID from the field dropdown list.

Specific to import of tree forms.

See Control Fields

Error

Created On has an invalid date value

The date value for Created on is not a valid date.

Check the date format of the Created On field.

See Import Fields Data Format

Error

Created On must be less than Updated On

Created On date value is bigger than Updated On date value.

Check the date values of Created On and Updated On fields. Created On date must be smaller or equal to Update On.

Error

Created On must be less than current time

Created On date value is bigger than the current date.

Check the value of Created On field to not be set for a date in the future.

Error

Updated On has an invalid date value

The date value for Updated On is not a valid date.

Check the date format of the Updated On field.

See Import Fields Data Format

Error

Updated On must be less than current time

Updated On date value is bigger than the current date.

Check the value of Updated On field to not be set for a date in the future.

Error

The field does not support multiple values

Field does not have multiple options enabled.

 

Check that the value provided for single field (user field or choice field) to not have multiple values.

Error

Value specified for choice field is not an available option

Choice value does not match any of the available choices for field.

Check the provided choice value to match exactly the ones for the field.

Error

<field name> has an invalid date value

The date value is not a valid or not respects the accepted date format

Check the date value format of the date field

See Import Fields Data Format

Error

<field name> has an invalid number value

The numeric value is not a valid number or does not respect the min/max value imposed by the field definition.

Check the value to be a numerical characters and to respect the min/max, if the case.

Error

<field name>field length exceeds the characters maximum length of <length value>

The length of the text value exceeds maximum allowed length (4000 characters for Text fields and 8000 characters for Long Text fields).

See Import Fields Data Format

Error

The specified user does exist in the system

The provided value for a user field does not match any existing user names or emails in TRACE.

Check provided value for the user to be in the correct format or to correspond to an existing user in TRACE.

See Import Fields Data Format

Error

You do not have access to change this form to the status specified

Change to status imported value is restricted via Workflow Access Control and the user does not have this access level.

Error

The specified workflow status is not valid. There is no such status associated with current form workflow

The provided value for status does not match any statuses of the workflow.

Check provided value for Status and make sure is a valid one.

Error

The specified resolution is not valid. There is no such resolution associated with current workflow status

The provided value for Resolution does not match any statuses of the workflow.

Check provided value for Resolution and make sure is a valid one.

Warning

Could not save document

The provided value for a Document field could not be saved.

Check the format of the value provided for the Document field.

See Import Fields Data Format

Warning

Related field: The Form ID does not exist in the system

Imported Form ID of the Related field does not match any existing Form ID in the project

The import will ignore this value, check the form after import

See Import Fields Data Format

Warning

The specified user is not active or is not a member of the project staff

The provided value corresponds to an inactive user account or to an user that is not part of project staff.

 

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Note: When an error is raised the form is not imported.

        When a warning is raided the form is imported but the field that raised the warning is not updated or updated partially.

 

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