XML Project Import Fails Consistently With SEVERE: For Input String: "X.XXXX" (Doc ID 2519821.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 18, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to import an XML project, the import fails with the following error shown in the import log file:

ERROR in \P6EPPM\p6\importFiles\.xml.log:
SEVERE: For input string: "X.XXX"
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "X.XXX"
at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:580)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:615)
at com.primavera.integration.client.xml.io.converter.ShiftConverter.toBusinessObject(ShiftConverter.java:46)
at com.primavera.integration.client.xml.xmlimporter.handler.DefaultProcessor.a(DefaultProcessor.java:919)
at com.primavera.integration.client.xml.xmlimporter.handler.DefaultProcessor.a(DefaultProcessor.java:131)
at com.primavera.integration.client.xml.xmlimporter.handler.DefaultProcessor.importObject(DefaultProcessor.java:1008)
at com.primavera.integration.client.xml.xmlimporter.ImportWorker.b(ImportWorker.java:783)
at com.primavera.integration.client.xml.xmlimporter.ImportWorker.importXMLGlobalData(ImportWorker.java:475)
at com.primavera.integration.client.xml.xmlimporter.XMLImporter.importProjects(XMLImporter.java:420)
at com.primavera.guiservices.impexp.ImportExportServiceImpl.b(ImportExportServiceImpl.java:2481)
at com.primavera.guiservices.impexp.ImportExportServiceImpl.doImport(ImportExportServiceImpl.java:467)
at com.primavera.guiservices.impexp.ImportExportWorker.execute(ImportExportWorker.java:22)
at com.primavera.infr.threadpool.ThreadPoolImpl.run(ThreadPoolImpl.java:343)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

ADDITIONAL
The same XML can be imported to a PPM database, but not an EPPM database.

STEPS
The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Login to P6 Web.
2. Attempt to import the XML file to an EPPM database.
3. Observe the reported error.

Cause

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