Installing app into PDI via an update set throws errors

[J Cheung]

Hello All,

Instance version(s): Utah and Tokyo

Problem began: Very recently (as of 2023-03-31)

I exported an update set from my packaging instance (venxxxxx) and tried to install it onto my development instance. It's been working flawlessly until today. Now all of a sudden all the files in the update set throws the "Failed to validate scope '<my_app_scope>' for update '<item>'" errors during the Preview Update Set stage. The Update Set Preview Problems tab is filled with the following error description:

"Cannot commit Update Set '<myapp>' because: Scope '<my_app_scope>' is not 'Global', not found in instance, but is found in app store. Install application from app store. Resolve the problem before committing."

Since this is a developer instance, installing from the app store is not possible. Has something changed recently to prohibit installing this way? How can I install my published app to my PDI for development/troubleshooting purposes?

Any help would be appreciated. 

Thank you,

Jason

[DrewW · Accepted solution]

I had this issue yesterday and simply just exported the application record (sys_app) to XML and imported it into the PDI and the problem was solved.

[JAmos]

It seems this has helped some people get around this issue, but can you elaborate on what you mean by "exporting the application record to XML and importing it into the PDI"?

From my Custom Application record, I tried Publish to Update Set and then from the update set I chose to Export to XML.

When I imported the update set into my PDI and ran the preview, I saw all the same problems.  I did confirm that that Custom Application record was part of the update set, but it still wouldn't proceed.  So at that point I removed ALL the Customer Updates from the update set EXCEPT the one entry for the application and attempted the preview again.  This time I got a single problem reported, but again it was the same error with no option except to skip it.

What am I missing or doing wrong here? 

Thanks!

[DrewW]

Go to the sys_app record and export that record to XML.  Then import the record into the PDI.

[J Cheung]

Thank you @DrewW. Your solution works perfectly!