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Error: "Invalid Value or Data Type Mismatch. Discarding the Value" When Importing XLSX (Doc ID 2942098.1)

Last updated on MAY 01, 2023

Applies to:

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Cloud Service - Version 23.1 to 23.3 [Release 23.1 to 23.3]
Primavera P6 Professional Project Management - Version 20.12 to 20.12.19.0 [Release 20.12]
Primavera P6 Professional Project Management - Version 21.12 to 21.12.13.0 [Release 21.12]
Primavera P6 Professional Project Management - Version 22.12 to 22.12.4.0 [Release 22.12]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When the local computer's Regional settings are set to German, attempting to import an Excel XLSX file fails with the following error:

Column act_start_date: Invalid value or data type mismatch. Discarding the value
Column act_end_date: Invalid value or data type mismatch. Discarding the value

 

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

  1. In P6 Professional, open a project and view the Activities page.
  2. Select File > Export... and export the project activities and dates to Microsoft Excel XLS format.
  3. Open the exported file in Excel, make no changes and re-save the file.
  4. In P6 select File > Import... and attempt to import the newly-saved XLSX file.
  5. Observe the reported error.

Changes

 

Cause

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