KB-1217 "The content was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content cannot be found" error thrown when exporting an application

Elly Meng — Fri, 19 May 2023 21:12:06 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Elly Meng on 5/19/2023 9:12:06 PM

Symptoms

When exporting an application from Appian Designer, not all objects in the application are exported and the output log displays the following error:

The content [id=XXXXX uuid=_X-XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXXX] was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content [uuid=XXXXX location=Interface Definition] cannot be found. (APNX-1-4070-001) (APNX-1-4071-003)

Cause

A required precedent has been deleted. The export log will show its original local ID in the uuid=XXXX section from the example above.

Action

If the object was deleted by accident:

Search for the deleted object by the ID reported in the log as uuid=XXXX inside <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/deletion.log.
Restore the deleted object by importing a patch with this object after exporting it from another environment.
Once the missing precedent is resolved, re-export the application.

If the object was deleted on purpose:

Open the non-exportable object reported in the export log.
Update/remove references to the deleted object.
Once the obsolete references to the deleted object are resolved, re-export the application.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: May 2023

Tags: applications, application design, import/export

KB-1217 "The content was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content cannot be found" error thrown when exporting an application

Maggie Deppe-Walker — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 06:14:07 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Maggie Deppe-Walker on 2/9/2023 6:14:07 AM

Symptoms

When exporting an application from Appian Designer, not all objects in the application are exported and the output log displays the following error:

The content [id=XXXXX uuid=_X-XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXXX] was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content [uuid=XXXXX location=Interface Definition] cannot be found. (APNX-1-4070-001) (APNX-1-4071-003)

Cause

A required precedent has been deleted. The export log will show its original local ID in the uuid=XXXX section from the example above.

Action

If the object was deleted by accident:

Search for the deleted object by the ID reported in the log as uuid=XXXX inside <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/deletion.log.
Restore the deleted object by importing a patch with this object after exporting it from another environment.
Once the missing precend is resolved, re-export the application.

If the object was deleted on purpose:

Open the non-exportable object reported in the export log.
Update/remove references to the deleted object.
Once the obsolete references to the deleted object are resolved, re-export the application.

Tip: The shared component, Content Details by UUID, can aid in finding objects by UUID and ID if they have not been deleted.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: March 2017

Tags: applications, application design, import/export

KB-1217 "The content was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content cannot be found" error thrown when exporting an application

Maggie Deppe-Walker — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 06:12:30 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Maggie Deppe-Walker on 2/9/2023 6:12:30 AM

Symptoms

When exporting an application from Appian Designer, not all objects in the application are exported and the output log displays the following error:

The content [id=XXXXX uuid=_X-XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXXX] was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content [uuid=XXXXX location=Interface Definition] cannot be found. (APNX-1-4070-001) (APNX-1-4071-003)

Cause

A required precedent has been deleted. The export log will show its original local ID in the uuid=XXXX section from the example above.

Action

If the object was deleted by accident:

Search for the deleted object by the ID reported in the log as uuid=XXXX inside <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/deletion.log.
Restore the deleted object by importing a patch with this object after exporting it from another environment.
Once the missing precedent is resolved, re-export the application.

If the object was deleted on purpose:

Open the non-exportable object reported in the export log.
Update/remove references to the deleted object.
Once the obsolete references to the deleted object are resolved, re-export the application.

Tip: The shared component, Content Details by UUID, can aid in finding objects by UUID and ID if they have not been deleted.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: February 2023

Tags: applications, application design, import/export

KB-1217 "The content was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content cannot be found" error thrown when exporting an application

Nick Vigilante — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:05:59 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 3/6/2017 9:05:59 PM

Symptoms

When exporting an application from Appian Designer, not all objects in the application are exported and the output log displays the following error:

The content [id=XXXXX uuid=_X-XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXXX] was not exported because it contains an invalid precedent: content [uuid=XXXXX location=Interface Definition] cannot be found. (APNX-1-4070-001) (APNX-1-4071-003)

Cause

A required precedent has been deleted. The export log will show its original local ID in the uuid=XXXX section from the example above.

Action

If the object was deleted by accident:

Search for the deleted object by the ID reported in the log as uuid=XXXX inside <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/deletion.log.
Restore the deleted object by importing a patch with this object after exporting it from another environment.
Once the missing precend is resolved, re-export the application.

If the object was deleted on purpose:

Open the non-exportable object reported in the export log.
Update/remove references to the deleted object.
Once the obsolete references to the deleted object are resolved, re-export the application.

Tip: The shared component, Content Details by UUID, can aid in finding objects by UUID and ID if they have not been deleted.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: March 2017

Tags: applications, application design, import/export