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    EDI Invoice Import fails with error java.lang.NullPointerException

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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Alma

    Problem Symptoms:
    Loading EDI Invoices fails with error:

    "General error while running edi invoice job java.lang.NullPointerException"

    Cause:
    FTP server was set to ASCII instead of Binary

    Resolution:
    Set the FTP server mode to Binary, or load the file as Binary

    Additional Information

    Once the mode is set to Binary, in some cases switching the FTP back to ASCII did not adversely affect the next files from loading.


    • Article last edited: 11/20/2013
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