Error “The URL-encoded form data is not valid. Operation is not valid due to the current state of object” when defining an SLA in Performance Center

  • Document ID:KM00886979
  • Creation Date:02-May-2014
  • Modified Date:02-Jul-2014
    • Micro Focus Products:
      loadrunner enterprise

Summary

This issue occurs when adding more than 500 transactions and a procedure is provided to overcome it.

Error

When defining an SLA in Performance Center (PC) and trying to add more than 500 transactions as in the screenshot below:

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Performance Center fails with the following error message:

“The URL-encoded form data is not valid. Operation is not valid due to the current state of object”

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Cause

This is due to the default security limitations set by Microsoft .NET Framework. For details visit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2661403

Fix

To overcome the issue, follow the steps below:

  1. Ensure that ALM PC is not being used
  2. Navigate to:   <PC Install PATH>\PCWEB\web.config on the PC server
  3. Take a backup copy of the file web.config
  4. Edit the original web.config and find the following tag:
    <configuration>
            <appSettings>
  5. Add a line:
    <add key="aspnet:MaxHttpCollectionKeys" value="20000" />
  6. Restart Internet Information Server (IIS) service by Click Start, click Run type IISReset, and then click OK