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Dave Smith

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[SOLVED] Contribution Type is not valid
October 26, 2014, 05:38:31 pm
I am trying to import contributions and keep getting this error message at step 4 of the process: "Contribution Type is not valid: NWU – Union Dues".

I have experimented with deleting all the spaces in 'NWU – Union Dues' but it makes no difference.

Is there a limit to the length of the field?

Can anyone suggest a cause and, more importatnly, a solution?

Thanks.

Dave Smith
« Last Edit: October 27, 2014, 08:48:05 am by Dave Smith »
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[SOLVED] Contribution Type is not valid
October 26, 2014, 09:47:00 pm
I am pleased to say that I solved my own problem.

It seems that the use of the "-" in the contribution type was generating the problem. I replaced the "-" with ":" and that seems to have fixed the problem.

Hope this is helpful to others.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it." ... Marx

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Re: [SOLVED] Contribution Type is not valid
November 21, 2014, 08:19:57 am
I suspect the problem may have had to do with en-dashes being converted by Excel to em-dashes - I've certainly seen that before!  The fact that your example showed an em-dash hints at that.

Em-dash: –
En-dash: -
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