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hepworthd
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2012-09-07T16:29:44Z

I have an ftp job that does the following:
- Touches a heartbeat file
- Does an FTP pull
- Logs the Pull session to a file
- Loops through downloaded data files and renames them.

When I added a new task to read an XML file right after completing the FTP pull, with, or without data, the loop rename process fails. I am using the loop to go file by file, full path, and am getting this error:
- '9/7/2012 12:01:28 PM Err Exception in Task: Illegal characters in path.'

Upon removing the XML read, the process works with no issue.

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2012-09-10T07:41:05Z

So, the error is very specific to the XML Task. Could be that the file is located on a network drive and you need Credentials?

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hepworthd
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2012-09-10T13:52:07Z

I'm not sure if it is actually only associated with an XML task or not, just how I found the issue. The data resides on the local disk, if I put the same XML process as the first step, no issue's with the job.

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2012-09-10T14:01:56Z

Originally Posted by: hepworthd

I'm not sure if it is actually only associated with an XML task or not, just how I found the issue. The data resides on the local disk, if I put the same XML process as the first step, no issue's with the job.

So, then it is something about the Variable that you use? Which do you use and if you create a file write Task before this XML task (and just write the Variable value) - what does it contain?

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hepworthd
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2012-09-10T14:03:27Z

The XML task all it does is read's a node, and gathers the information found in the node, that's it. I placed another task in the same location, a write to file task, and it did the same thing, very strange, since I have a write to file task already there and works fine, as long as I do not put another task in line.

hepworthd
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2012-09-10T14:08:01Z

Another note, if I deactivate the original write file task, and activate the new task, the job runs successfully.

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2012-09-10T14:17:42Z

Originally Posted by: hepworthd

Another note, if I deactivate the original write file task, and activate the new task, the job runs successfully.

Right, I understand this. But the error itself is natural if there is something with not finding the file so I suspect there is something about the path.

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hepworthd
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2012-09-10T14:19:25Z

Sorry to keep posting what I find in seperate replies, but another thing I found. If I move the original write file task further down my process, and keep the new write file task in place, the job runs successfully. But when I put a condition on the new write file task, to check if the previous task ran successfully, the Loop fails again, this new write file task basically writes out a failure notification if the previous task fails, so since my previous task was successful, this write task was skipped, and cause the loop issue.

hepworthd
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2012-09-10T14:21:23Z

The path is fine, and always will be fine, running a control test that will ensure it will run successfully everytime. The issue seems to be in the loop rename task, I am using '{PATH(GetDirectoryName|{LOOP(CurrentValueX)})}' as my path, and '{PATH(GetFileName|{LOOP(CurrentValueX)})}', these are not evaluating correctly during my modifications, only if I keep one task between the job, and the loop.

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2012-09-10T14:24:54Z

#10

Ok, please create a sample Job (where you can reproduce this) with as few dependencies as possible (and as few Tasks as possible). Then export the Job and post here. Please also tell us if any files are needed and where. When working with files for the test job then please assume that they are existing in c:/ root. This will simplify testing a lot. Thanks.

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hepworthd
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2012-09-10T15:02:28Z

#11

Currently, with the task 'Get Error Level' in this Order, we see a failure, if you move the task 'Get Error Level' to Order number 1, the job successfully completed.

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