Symptom
During execution of SWPM the following error appears in sapinst_dev.log:
ERROR <timestamp>
...
The step collect with step key ...
collect was executed with status ERROR
( Last error reported by the step: invalid message ID (PATH is not defined or have an empty value in environment : Properties({}))).
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Environment
- Software Provisioning Manager tool
- System based on SAP NetWeaver 7.x
- Operating System Independent
- Database Independent
Product
Keywords
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