01 December 2017, 5:42

Hello

I'm having a problem uploading a .matrix file.  Keep getting "Not a valid .matrix file".  I'm comparing it line by line with other .matrix files that have uploaded OK.  It validates in a number of different validators.  I can't see anything wrong with it.  Does the file have to be ANSI, UTF-8 or Unicode? Does it matter?

Regards

Marion

01 December 2017, 10:40

Hi Marion

If you are getting the error: "This is not a valid .matrix file." it means the file you are trying to upload needs to have suffix '.matrix', eg test.matrix

If you are getting the error: "This is not a valid .matrix file: Unable to parse the JSON content" it means the json content is not correct.

If it is the second error can you paste your matrix content here so I can verify the error?

Cheers

Robert

01 December 2017, 12:10

Thanks Robert, I appreciate that.  Here's the code:

{"framework":
    {"institution":"all",
     "name":"PAP",
     "description":"Professional Adventure Project",
     "selfassess":false,
     "evidencestatuses":
      [
        {"begun":"Ready for assessment"},
        {"incomplete":"Doesn't meet the standard"},
        {"partialcomplete":"Partially meets the standard"},
        {"completed":"Meets the standard"}
      ],
     "standards":
     [
       {
         "shortname":"1",
         "name":"Planning and Development",
         "description":"Planning and Development",
         "standardid":1
       },
       {
        "shortname":"2",
        "name":"Implementation and Project Operation",
        "description":"Implementation and Project Operation",
        "standardid":2
       },
       {
        "shortname":"3",
        "name":"Critical Evaluation, Discussion and Conclusions",
        "description":"Critical Evaluation, Discussion and Conclusions",
        "standardid":3
       }
     ],
     "standardelements":
     [
       {
         "shortname":"1.1",
         "name":"1.1 - Introduction",
         "description":"Introduction",
         "standardid":1,
         "elementid": "1.1"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"1.2",
         "name":"1.2 - Background",
         "description":"Background and justification of the project area",
         "standardid":1,
         "elementid": "1.2"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"1.3",
         "name":"1.3 - Literature Review",
         "description":"Review of relevant literature and underpinning concepts/principles",
         "standardid":1,
         "elementid": "1.3"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"1.4",
         "name":"1.4 - Research Method",
         "description":"Research method(s) undertaken in project development",
         "standardid":1,
         "elementid": "1.4"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"1.5",
         "name":"1.5 - Discussion",
         "description":"Discussion and key findings of research",
         "standardid":1,
         "elementid": "1.5"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"2.1",
         "name":"2.1 - Project Definition",
         "description":"Definition of the project – deliverable outcomes, aims, identification of legacy aims, customers and stakeholders",
         "standardid":2,
         "elementid": "2.1"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"2.2",
         "name":"2.2 - Operational Plan",
         "description":"Detailed description of operational plan (supporting statistical data and resource lists may be included as appendices)",
         "standardid":2,
         "elementid": "2.2"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"2.3",
         "name":"2.3 - Quality Assessment Methods",
         "description":"Methods of assessment of quality and effectiveness of the project",
         "standardid":2,
         "elementid": "2.3"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"3.1",
         "name":"3.1 - Teaching and Learning",
         "description":"3.1 Professional Skills and Abilities: Teaching and Learning",
         "standardid":3,
         "elementid": "3.1"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"3.2",
         "name":"3.2 - Evaluation Results",
         "description":"Evaluation Results",
         "standardid":3,
         "elementid": "3.2"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"3.3",
         "name":"3.3 - Personal reflections",
         "description":"Personal reflections",
         "standardid":3,
         "elementid": "3.3"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"3.4",
         "name":"3.4 - Critical Discussion",
         "description":"3.4 Critical discussion of project implementation processes and evaluation outcomes",
         "standardid":3,
         "elementid": "3.4"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"3.5",
         "name":"3.5 - Critical Evaluation",
         "description":"Critical evaluation of project legacy aims",
         "standardid":3,
         "elementid": "3.5"
       },
       {
         "shortname":"3.6",
         "name":"3.6 - Conclusions",
         "description":"Project conclusions and recommendations",
         "standardid":3,
         "elementid": "3.6"
       }
     ]
   }
 }

01 December 2017, 12:20

Hi Marion,

I was able to save you code in a file called 'test.matrix' and upload it fine to my version 17.10 site without any problems

What version of Mahara are you using, please?

Cheers

Robert

01 December 2017, 12:23

Also can you check what version of PHP the site is using?

The function to read the uploaded file is http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php and only exists in newer versions of PHP

I did my test using PHP 7

02 December 2017, 0:26

Thanks Robert

At least that means I can stop looking for commas!   I am still having the same problem, can't upload to either our live or development sites.  I have other frameworks in use in both.

We are on version 17.04.1 and I'm told we're running on PHP 5.6 (externally hosted).  I have checked that SmartEvidence is enabled everywhere (I have other people using it) and gone through all settings I can think of.

Regards

Marion

04 December 2017, 10:36

Hello

Got that working eventually - version 5.  No different from version 1 except that the file was saved in Unicode Normalisation Form C.  Oh well ...  Thanks for looking at it for me.

Regards

Marion