ZAM Unable to use '/' character in Purchase Orders, Documents and Contracts

  • Document ID:7009798
  • Creation Date:25-Nov-2011
  • Modified Date:23-Jul-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Asset Management
      ZENworks Configuration Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Asset Management
Novell ZENworks 11 Asset Management
Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management
Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management

Situation

Error:  ' Contract ID "<contract_name>" is invalid because it contains one or more of the following invalid characters: / \ * ? : " ' < > | ` % ~     '

Importing Contracts and Purchase Orders generates duplicate record messages.

Resolution

This is fixed in version 10.3.4 - see KB 7008244 "ZENworks Configuration Management 10.3.4 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support
 
This is fixed in version 11.2 - see KB 7010044 "ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support