MDM 321 – SAP Netweaver Master Data Management

“Illegal value for parameter” error when uploading PDF/Image

July 30, 2009 at 10:20 am

[Image] [iView] [MDM] [PDF] [Portal]

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Symptom

You are trying to upload a new PDF/Image file to the MDM PDF/Image Table using the MDM Portal iViews but receiving a “com.sap.mdm.internal.protocol.manual.ServerException: Illegal value for parameter” error.
Other terms

MDM, Portal, iView, PDF, Image
Reason and Prerequisites

When uploading a PDF/Image file to the PDF/Image Table using the MDM Portal iViews, the PDF/Image is uploaded without a thumbnail while the MDM Server is expecting to get it with a thumbnail.
Solution

Make sure that the repository in question has “Allow invalid PDFs” property set to “Yes”.
To do that please perform the following steps:
1. Log on to the MDM Console.
2. Connect to the repository which the MDM iViews are connected to.
3. Right-Click on the repository and select “Properties”.
4. Make sure that the property “Allow invalid PDFs” is set to “Yes”, and for the case of images, do the same for “Allow invalid Images” property.
There is no need to log off/on to the Portal.
Attached you will find a screen capture of step 4 from the MDM Console.

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