Screen Error Messages

The following error messages can display on the screen.

Each line of the input file should contain X fields. Line Y of your input file contains Z fields. Abort processing?

X is the number of fields that the input file must contain. Y is the line number of the current record. Z is the number of fields found on this line in the input file. This message displays only when you are importing a comma-delimited file. Too many commas were found on the line in the input file. Continuing to process can result in errors. Please verify the layout of the input file.

Ending date is earlier than beginning date.

The ending date must be a later date than the beginning date.

Errors have occurred that may need correcting. Do you want to continue?

Costpoint displays this message if errors are discovered during processing. Review the Error Report. The options available at this point are:

• Import the records that have been validated; make any changes needed in the error file, rename the error file, and then process the errors.
• Make any corrections needed to the original input file and process again.

File does not exist.

The input file entered could not be found. The input file must be in your working directory. Check your working directory.

No records have been selected to transfer.

All the records in the input file were either outside the selected date range or were rejected with errors.

No records found in table. Please process the input file before importing or printing.

This indicates that you selected or and there are no rows in the temporary table.

Records that have not been imported exist in the temporary table. Do you want to continue?

This indicates that you clicked , but there are still rows in the temporary table that were not imported. Click Yes to continue, and all the rows in the temporary table are deleted. Select Cancel to import the existing rows in the temporary table or when you need to investigate the rows in the temporary table.

Requested dates do not exist in the table.

When you select or , the program compares the dates on the screen to the dates in the temporary table. Costpoint displays this message if the dates in the table do not fall within the range entered on the screen.

The database is unable to process the records required for the requested activity. Possible reasons are another user is using a record you want to update, or there is a database error or hardware malfunction.

When this error occurs, make note of what was being done and at what point the application stopped, then call Costpoint Technical Support.

Timesheets to be imported already exist in the Timesheet Header or History table. This condition must be corrected before importing.

If you select , the program compares the rows in the temporary table to the Timesheet Header and Timesheet Header History tables to see whether duplicates exist (a timesheet with the same date and type for one or more employees in the temporary table already exists in the Timesheet Header table). This indicates that timesheets have been added to Costpoint between the processing of the input file and the import of the timesheet file.

X 'Y' on input file line Z is too long. Truncate?

X is the field name. Y is the contents of the field. Z is the line number of the record in question. This message displays only when you are importing a comma-delimited file, and truncation may occur because the field in the input file is longer than the corresponding field in Costpoint. The extra characters on the right are deleted.