Unable to import SDL Tridion Reference Implementation

Question

I am trying to import SDL Tridion Reference Implementation using Import.ps1 power-shell script but getting below error because of that reference publication unable to create.

I tried with importing all-publications.zip package using content porter directly as well but still getting same error.

Problem importing file all-publications.zip Import process 'ed003da3312c4b65b6b2d8881b8d195c' is started by 'domain\user'. Import started at 1/27/2015 9:20:09 PM. Building list of items to import and determining required import actions. Unzipping and initializing package for import. Import of system administration items started at 1/27/2015 9:20:13 PM. Import items into publication '000 Empty' started at 1/27/2015 9:20:13 PM. Import items into publication '100 Master' started at 1/27/2015 9:20:38 PM. Tridion.ContentManager.FilterException: The Filter condition 'ForRepository' is invalid. The item tcm:0-68-1 does not exist.

Answer 1

In the offical documentation under known issues (login not required anymore ;o), it states the following:

Problem: Import fails with following error when importing on a system with ECL installed: Error: Tridion.ContentManager.FilterException: The Filter condition 'ForRepository' is invalid. The item tcm:0-3-1 does not exist.

Solution: Disable the ECL event handler before the import, and re-enable again after the import:

1. Open the %TRIDION_HOME%\config\Tridion.ContentManager.config in a text editor.
2. Locate the <configuration><extensions> node.

3. Comment out the following line using <!-- and -->:

   <!--
   <add assemblyFileName="C:\Program Files(x86)\Tridion\bin\Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.TcmExtension.dll"/>
   -->
   

4. Save Tridion.ContentManager.config.

5. Restart all your Tridion Content Manager services.
6. Retry the import.
7. After import, re-enable the ECL event handler again by removing the XML comment tags and restart your Tridion Content Manager services again.

So my first guess would be that you indeed have a CMS with ECL installed, and thus the ECL event handler enabled, which has an impact on transactional imports. The solution as described, temporarily disables the ECL event handler, so that the transactional import can be done, and then you can re-enable the ECL event handler again.

It could however also be another event handler which is in the way, so if you don't have an ECL eent handler enabled and you stil get this same error during import, please update your question with which event handlers you do have enabled. Then we can perhaps figure out which one of those is in the way, and possibly report them to Customer Support and have the documentation of the Reference Implementation updated too.

Answer 2

I created a PowerShell script so that the STRI installation can be automated. Here is the code snippet to fix the External Content Library Conflict

# ExternalContentLibrary Conflict with Importer script
#=====================================================
# Comment out the <add assemblyFileName="C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\bin\Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.TcmExtension.dll" />
$cmconf = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\config\Tridion.ContentManager.config"
[xml]$ContentManagerConf = Get-Content $cmconf
$node = $ContentManagerConf.SelectSingleNode("//add[contains(@assemblyFileName,'Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.TcmExtension.dll')]")
$commentednode = $ContentManagerConf.CreateComment($node.OuterXml)
$node.ParentNode.ReplaceChild($commentednode, $node)
Format-XML $ContentManagerConf | out-file -Encoding utf8 -filepath $cmconf

# And Finally Install Tridion reference Implementation
#=====================================================

#Import All-Publications
&  '\\devman01\z$\Software\SDL\SDL Tridion Reference Implementation\import\import.ps1' -importType all-publications -cmsUrl "http://localhost:80/"

# Import User rights
&  '\\devman01\z$\Software\SDL\SDL Tridion Reference Implementation\import\import.ps1' -importType rights-permissions -cmsUrl "http://localhost:80/"

# ExternalContentLibrary Conflict with Importer script
# ===================================================
#Uncomment <!--<add assemblyFileName="C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\bin\Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.TcmExtension.dll" />-->
$cmconf = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\config\Tridion.ContentManager.config"
[xml]$ContentManagerConf = Get-Content $cmconf

$oldnode = $ContentManagerConf.SelectSingleNode("//comment()[contains(.,'Tridion.ExternalContentLibrary.TcmExtension.dll')]")
$newnode = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
$newnode.LoadXml($oldnode.InnerText)
$inode = $ContentManagerConf.ImportNode($newnode.FirstChild,$true)
$oldnode.ParentNode.ReplaceChild($inode, $oldnode)   
Format-XML $ContentManagerConf | out-file -Encoding utf8 -filepath $cmconf