Problem Symptoms:

An Import Profile worked before, but new files fail to load with error : "Failed during Parsing record".

Cause 1:

Import Profiles are setup to expect either an XML files or *.mrc

Resolution 1:

1. Review the input file's extension (*.xml or *.mrc)
2. Select Alma > Resources > Manage Import Profiles
3. Find the Import Profile which shows the error
4. Select: Actions > Edit
5. Verify that the "Physical source format" matches the format of the input file ("MARC21 Binary" applies for extensions *.mrc, and "MARC21 XML" is for XML files)
6. Save and run another import

Cause 2:

The MARC ISO file format is incorrect.

If the file ends with a 1D record terminator (=ASCII GS "Group Separator") followed by some characters, Alma will try and parse these characters as another record, and the validation will fail. 

Resolution 2:

Check that there are no 1D record terminator (diplayed as GS in Notepad++) and trailing characters after the last record. Remove if present.

• Article last edited: 15-MAY-2018