excel importer: ...document could not be read because: null ...

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Hi, n00b question, I guess I try to import a very basic excel xlsx with the excel importer. mxobjects is present, I have set up module roles Configurator for ExcelImporter, ModelAdministrator for MxModelReflection and Administrator for the module I want to import into When I try ‘new template from excel’ I get ‘document could not be read because: null’  and when I create a template manually (which shows the column names in the xls so I'm sure the file can be read) and try to import that it shows ‘document could not be imported because: null Anyone any idea on how to proceed?   Do excel dll's need to be present on the machine i'm working on??   thanks in advance for your time.   Bert   The following error occured when importing document: afnemer.xlsx -------- com.mendix.core.CoreException: com.mendix.core.CoreRuntimeException: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be imported, because: null at com.mendix.basis.component.InternalCoreBase.execute(InternalCoreBase.java:418) Caused by: com.mendix.core.CoreRuntimeException: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be imported, because: null at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase.executeSync(ActionManagerBase.java:159) Caused by: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be imported, because: null at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:36) Caused by: com.mendix.core.CoreException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be imported, because: null at excelimporter.reader.ExcelImporter.startImport(ExcelImporter.java:134) Caused by: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be imported, because: null at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelReader.importData(ExcelReader.java:454) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelXLSXDataReader$SheetHandler.startElement(ExcelXLSXDataReader.java:84) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:509) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:374) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2784) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:602) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:112) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:505) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:841) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:770) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213) at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelXLSXDataReader.readData(ExcelXLSXDataReader.java:42) at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelReader.importData(ExcelReader.java:443) at excelimporter.reader.ExcelImporter.startImport(ExcelImporter.java:123) at excelimporter.actions.StartImportByTemplate.executeAction(StartImportByTemplate.java:54) at excelimporter.actions.StartImportByTemplate.executeAction(StartImportByTemplate.java:25) at com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.UserAction.execute(UserAction.java:46) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.doCall(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:79) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.call(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:57) at com.mendix.core.actionmanagement.CoreAction.call(CoreAction.java:55) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase$1.execute(ActionManagerBase.java:150) at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:32) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase.executeSync(ActionManagerBase.java:155) at com.mendix.basis.component.InternalCoreBase.execute(InternalCoreBase.java:414) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.actions.actioncall.JavaAction.execute(JavaAction.scala:56) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.microflow.impl.MicroflowObject.execute(MicroflowObject.java:47) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.microflow.impl.MicroflowImpl.executeAfterBreakingIfNecessary(MicroflowImpl.java:201) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.microflow.impl.MicroflowImpl.executeAction(MicroflowImpl.java:157) at com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.UserAction.execute(UserAction.java:46) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.doCall(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:79) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.call(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:57) at com.mendix.core.actionmanagement.CoreAction.call(CoreAction.java:55) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.DefaultActionMonitor$.$anonfun$run$1(CustomMonitoredAction.scala:18) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.IMonitoredAction$$anon$1.execute(IMonitoredAction.scala:47) at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:32) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.IMonitoredAction.monitor(IMonitoredAction.scala:49) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.IMonitoredAction.monitor$(IMonitoredAction.scala:25) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CustomMonitoredAction.monitor(CustomMonitoredAction.scala:22) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.DefaultActionMonitor$.run(CustomMonitoredAction.scala:18) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.runMonitoredAction(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:68) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.call(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:55) at com.mendix.core.actionmanagement.CoreAction.call(CoreAction.java:55) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.AsyncExecution.$anonfun$call$1(AsyncExecution.scala:21) at scala.util.Try$.apply(Try.scala:213) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.AsyncExecution.call(AsyncExecution.scala:21) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.AsyncExecution.$anonfun$execute$1(AsyncExecution.scala:17) at scala.concurrent.Future$.$anonfun$apply$1(Future.scala:658) at scala.util.Success.$anonfun$map$1(Try.scala:255) at scala.util.Success.map(Try.scala:213) at scala.concurrent.Future.$anonfun$map$1(Future.scala:292) at scala.concurrent.impl.Promise.liftedTree1$1(Promise.scala:33) at scala.concurrent.impl.Promise.$anonfun$transform$1(Promise.scala:33) at scala.concurrent.impl.CallbackRunnable.run(Promise.scala:64) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) An error has occurred while handling the request. [User 'MxAdmin' with session id 'cb5d1e47-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXX4733' and roles 'Administrator'] -------- com.mendix.core.CoreException: com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.MicroflowException: com.mendix.core.CoreRuntimeException: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be read, because: null at ExcelImporter.IVK_SaveContinue_CreateTemplateFromDoc (JavaAction : 'Get the columns from the template document') Advanced stacktrace: at com.mendix.basis.component.InternalCoreBase.execute(InternalCoreBase.java:389) Caused by: com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.MicroflowException: com.mendix.core.CoreRuntimeException: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be read, because: null at ExcelImporter.IVK_SaveContinue_CreateTemplateFromDoc (JavaAction : 'Get the columns from the template document') Advanced stacktrace: at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.MicroflowUtil.processException(MicroflowUtil.java:146) Caused by: com.mendix.core.CoreException: com.mendix.core.CoreRuntimeException: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be read, because: null at com.mendix.basis.component.InternalCoreBase.execute(InternalCoreBase.java:418) Caused by: com.mendix.core.CoreRuntimeException: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be read, because: null at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase.executeSync(ActionManagerBase.java:159) Caused by: com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be read, because: null at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:36) Caused by: com.mendix.core.CoreException: Document could not be read, because: null at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelReader.getHeaders(ExcelReader.java:192) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelXLSXReader$ExcelSheetHandler.closeTextProcessing(ExcelXLSXReader.java:286) at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelXLSXHeaderReader$SheetHandler.endElement(ExcelXLSXHeaderReader.java:120) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:609) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1782) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2967) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:602) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:112) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:505) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:841) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:770) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213) at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelXLSXHeaderReader.<init>(ExcelXLSXHeaderReader.java:58) at excelimporter.reader.readers.ExcelReader.getHeaders(ExcelReader.java:179) at excelimporter.reader.ExcelImporter.getColumns(ExcelImporter.java:54) at excelimporter.actions.GetHeaderInformationFromExcelFile.executeAction(GetHeaderInformationFromExcelFile.java:43) at excelimporter.actions.GetHeaderInformationFromExcelFile.executeAction(GetHeaderInformationFromExcelFile.java:21) at com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.UserAction.execute(UserAction.java:46) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.doCall(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:79) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.call(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:57) at com.mendix.core.actionmanagement.CoreAction.call(CoreAction.java:55) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase$1.execute(ActionManagerBase.java:150) at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:32) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase.executeSync(ActionManagerBase.java:155) at com.mendix.basis.component.InternalCoreBase.execute(InternalCoreBase.java:414) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.actions.actioncall.JavaAction.execute(JavaAction.scala:56) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.microflow.impl.MicroflowObject.execute(MicroflowObject.java:47) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.microflow.impl.MicroflowImpl.executeAfterBreakingIfNecessary(MicroflowImpl.java:201) at com.mendix.modules.microflowengine.microflow.impl.MicroflowImpl.executeAction(MicroflowImpl.java:157) at com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.UserAction.execute(UserAction.java:46) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.doCall(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:79) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.CoreActionHandlerImpl.call(CoreActionHandlerImpl.scala:57) at com.mendix.core.actionmanagement.CoreAction.call(CoreAction.java:55) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase$1.execute(ActionManagerBase.java:150) at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:32) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.ActionManagerBase.executeSync(ActionManagerBase.java:155) at com.mendix.basis.component.InternalCoreBase.execute(InternalCoreBase.java:383) at com.mendix.basis.component.InternalCoreBase.execute(InternalCoreBase.java:398) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.ExecuteMicroflowAction.runMicroflow(ExecuteMicroflowAction.scala:46) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.ExecuteMicroflowAction.apply(ExecuteMicroflowAction.scala:32) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.ExecuteMicroflowAction.apply(ExecuteMicroflowAction.scala:15) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.$anonfun$execute$4(RegularClientAction.scala:46) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.StateHandling.withState(StateHandling.scala:33) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.StateHandling.withState$(StateHandling.scala:21) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.withState(RegularClientAction.scala:21) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.$anonfun$execute$3(RegularClientAction.scala:44) at scala.util.Try$.apply(Try.scala:213) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.$anonfun$execute$2(RegularClientAction.scala:44) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.$anonfun$execute$2$adapted(RegularClientAction.scala:42) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ContextHandling.$anonfun$inContext$4(ContextHandling.scala:41) at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.java:23) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.IMonitoredAction$$anon$1.execute(IMonitoredAction.scala:47) at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:32) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.IMonitoredAction.monitor(IMonitoredAction.scala:49) at com.mendix.basis.actionmanagement.IMonitoredAction.monitor$(IMonitoredAction.scala:25) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ContextHandling$ClientMonitoredAction.monitor(ContextHandling.scala:49) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ContextHandling.inContext(ContextHandling.scala:41) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ContextHandling.inContext$(ContextHandling.scala:27) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.inContext(RegularClientAction.scala:21) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ContextHandling.inContext(ContextHandling.scala:24) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ContextHandling.inContext$(ContextHandling.scala:19) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.inContext(RegularClientAction.scala:21) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.$anonfun$execute$1(RegularClientAction.scala:42) at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.java:23) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ProfileHandling.profileRequest(ProfileHandling.scala:14) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.helpers.ProfileHandling.profileRequest$(ProfileHandling.scala:10) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.profileRequest(RegularClientAction.scala:21) at com.mendix.webui.actions.client.RegularClientAction.execute(RegularClientAction.scala:39) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.ClientRequestHandler.handleAction(ClientRequestHandler.scala:124) at com.mendix.webui.requesthandling.ClientRequestHandler.processRequest(ClientRequestHandler.scala:101) at com.mendix.externalinterface.connector.RequestHandler.doProcessRequest(RequestHandler.java:40) at com.mendix.external.connector.MxRuntimeConnector$1.execute(MxRuntimeConnector.java:72) at com.mendix.external.connector.MxRuntimeConnector$1.execute(MxRuntimeConnector.java:69) at com.mendix.util.classloading.Runner.doRunUsingClassLoaderOf(Runner.java:32) at com.mendix.external.connector.MxRuntimeConnector.processRequest(MxRuntimeConnector.java:75) at com.mendix.basis.impl.MxRuntimeImpl.processRequest(MxRuntimeImpl.java:909) at com.mendix.m2ee.appcontainer.server.handler.RuntimeHandler.service(RuntimeHandler.java:42) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:867) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:542) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:255) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1588) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:255) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1345) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:203) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:480) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1557) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:201) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1247) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:144) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:502) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:364) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:260) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:305) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:103) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ChannelEndPoint$2.run(ChannelEndPoint.java:118) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.runTask(EatWhatYouKill.java:333) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.doProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:310) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.tryProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:168) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.run(EatWhatYouKill.java:126) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:366) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:765) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$2.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:683) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)  
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Null pointers means that an object can not be found. Did you make sure you uploaded an document? Note you have two steps. The first is creating a template based on a document or create your own template from scratch. The next step is uploading a document you want to import based on the template. Did you follow all the documentation steps?

Regards,

Ronald

 

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I have found the cause of the error:

The program with which I made the xls files (filemaker, export as xls) must do something special as mendix chokes on it, see above erorrs. After I copied-pasted the data in a clean/empty spreadsheet created with excel it was smooth sailing.

Oh, and I needed the app ‘StringUtils’ for some sheets.

 

Thanks for your time, hope this helps someone

 

regards,

 

Bert

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