KB-1572 Bulk Document Upload Failure - MALFORMED Error

Symptoms

When uploading a file via the 'Upload New Document' tab in Appian /suite/designer, the upload fails. The following errors are printed in the application server log:

(ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-5) ERROR com.appiancorp.km.BulkUploadUtils - MALFORMED
(ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-5) java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: MALFORMED

Cause

A document in the bulk upload contains special characters in the document name.

Action

Remove any special characters (non-alphanumerical) from the document names.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: April 2018

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