PM76576: When importing a CSV trough RequieiteWeb that has incorrect formatting, the error message should be informative

Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 6 (7.1.3.6) for 7.1.3
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 13 (7.1.2.13) for 7.1.2
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 14 (7.1.2.14) for 7.1.2
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 16 (7.1.2.16) for 7.1.2
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 17 (7.1.2.17) for 7.1.2
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 18 (7.1.2.18) for 7.1.2
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 19 (7.1.2.19) for 7.1.2
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 10 (7.1.2.10) for 7.1.2
Rational RequisitePro Fix Pack 15 (7.1.2.15) for 7.1.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• With IBM Rational RequisiteWeb version 7.0.1.3:
  If there are any characters causing failure of CSV import, then
  ReqWeb should display user friendly message stating where the
  correction is required or what went wrong in process of
  importing CSV, so the user can correct thier CSV file
  accordingly. Especially since customers tend to import large
  CSV's. For example if any of the requirement tags in the CSV
  ends with a ' . ' (dot), the user gets an error message stating
  'page cannot be displayed'.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  USERS AFFECTED:
  Users of RequisitePro client for the Web importing CSV files
  that contain trailing periods in the requirement tag column.
  
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION   :
  When importing a CSV file, RequisiteWeb maps the formatted
  contents of the file into requirements. When the requirement
  tag column includes characters that are not compliant with
  the format, RequisiteWeb filters them out and parses a
  standard tag. This operation fails when there are trailing
  periods in one of the requirement tags, causing an Error
  500.
  

Problem conclusion

• RequisiteWeb code is updated to properly handle trailing
  periods in the requirement tag column when importing CSV
  files.
  The fix for this APAR was included in RequisiteWeb version
  7.1.2.10 and 7.1.3.6.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  REQUISITEPRO WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724G3900

Applicable component levels

• R713 PSN

     UP