Symptom
Error while importing catalog file.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Product Portfolio work center
- Choose Catalogs view
- Click on Open catalog template file
- Enter all necessary details
- Click on Autofill ID
- Click on Generate
- Click on Save and Save it on your Desktop
- Again go to Product portfolio work center
- Choose Catalogs view
- Click on button New
- Choose Supplier Catalog
- Enter catalog name and Supplier ID
- Click on Browse and Choose same file that you saved earlier
Cause
The format of the field values is incorrect, possibly because the details were copied and pasted from a source with a different format.
If you are using a Mac machine to generate the text file, it might be created in a non-Unicode format. During the import phase, the system checks if the text file is non-Unicode, and if so, this could be one of the reasons for the error.
Additionally, using an offline version of the template may also lead to the same error.
Resolution
Always enter the details manually in the template for at least the first row. After that, you can refer to the format of each cell and fill in the subsequent rows accordingly.
Keywords
Error in Importing catalog file; Catalog upload not possible; Catalog file format not correct; , KBA , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , Problem