Summary
This article documents the 'Unable to read the scm data xml file for workspace XXXX' error during scanningSynopsis
Scans are failing with an 'Unable to read the scm data xml file for workspace XXXX' exception.Discussion
The errors in the scanEngineDetail.log show you have an invalid scm data xml file for one of your workspaces as follows:2018-06-01 10:04:00,653 ERROR [http-bio-8888-exec-107] [SCMServiceImpl] Unable to read the scm data xml file for workspace XXXX
javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:"", local:"applications"). Expected elements are
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallingContext.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader.reportError(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader.reportError(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader.reportUnexpectedChildElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallingContext$DefaultRootLoader.childElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallingContext._startElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallingContext.startElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.SAXConnector.startElement(Unknown Source)
This error is caused by incorrect SCM configuration, correcting the SCM settings will allow you to continue scanning.
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