Malformed file

• You manually edit the yxmd or yxmc file
• A bad compression occurs on your yxzp file

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Example

Unable to load associated entities.

Following files have incorrect format: /customers.yxmd

Transpilation failed with exception: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber 181; columnNumber: 15; The element type "AlteryxDocument" must be terminated by the matching end tag "</alteryxDocument>".

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Solution

• If you compressed your file, reopen your Alteryx workflow in your Alteryx Designer. Save the workflow as is, and do not compress it.
• If you manually edited your Alteryx workflow file, assure each open tag has a closing tag. Your Alteryx file must follow XML syntax rules. For example, if this is the beginning and end of the Alteryx workflow file from the example:
  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <AlteryxDocument yxmdVer="2022.3">
  {/* many lines in between */}
      </Events>
    </Properties>
  
  Add </alteryxDocument> at the end of the file.