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Troubleshooting a PowerCenter task

Review the rules and guidelines for the components of a PowerCenter task.

PowerCenter task errors

The following error appears when you import a workflow XML file:
The PowerCenter XML file is empty, please select a valid PowerCenter XML file.
The workflow XML file is empty.
The following error appears when you import a workflow XML file:
The PowerCenter file content type is not text/xml, please select a valid PowerCenter XML file.
The workflow XML file is not valid.
The following error appears when you run a PowerCenter task with more than 64 partitions:
TM_6710 Error: Unable to allocate storage for statistics for transformation <transformation name>.
The PowerCenter workflow cannot contain more than 10 partitions for sources and targets.
The following error appears when you run a PowerCenter task:
PowerCenter task <PowerCenter task name> failed to run. Another instance of the task is currently executing.
You cannot run multiple instances of a PowerCenter task simultaneously. If you configured the task to run on a schedule, increase the time interval between the scheduled tasks to prevent multiple instances of the task from running simultaneously. If you run the task manually, wait for the currently running instance of the task to complete before starting it again. You can view running tasks on the All Jobs or Running Jobs page in Monitor or on the My Jobs page in Data Integration.
The PowerCenter task does not complete.
PowerCenter tasks run by a Secure Agent on Windows 7 (64 bit) might not complete. To resolve the issue, configure a network login for the Secure Agent service.