Use the validator tool for manifest.xml

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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Use the validator tool for manifest.xml

Service Request Catalog comes with a prepackaged validation tool that you can use to help ensure that your manifest.xml file is valid and usable. The validator tool can be found in the Service Request Catalog release .zip package. The vtool consists of the following two script files for Windows and Linux operating systems:

validator.bat
validator.sh

For example, you would enter the following command on a Windows system to use the validation tool:

validate.bat -c "<path>"

Note The <path> placeholder tag represents the file system path where you have the manifest.xml file.

After running this command, you will receive the following message if your manifest.xml file is valid:

"manifest.xml is valid!"

If your manifest file is not valid, you will receive an error message. The following table demonstrates some of the error messages you may receive:

Error: Cannot read manifest file: <path>	Description
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1: 'abc' is not a valid value for 'integer'.	A string value is present in some elements that requires an in integer value.
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-complex-type.2.4.b: The content of element 'configurations' is not complete. One of '{configuration}' is expected.	The <configurations> parent node must contain at least one <configuration> child node.
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'resources'. One of '{styles, widgetsGroup, launchersGroup}' is expected.	The <resources> element can contain only one of each of the following: <styles>, <widgetsGroup>, <launchersGroup>
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-complex-type.4: Attribute 'displayOn' must appear on element 'launchers'.	The displayOn attribute is not present in the <launchers> element.
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-enumeration-valid: Value 'CHOICE' is not facet-valid with respect to enumeration '[TEXT, TEXTAREA, DROPDOWN, HIDDEN]'. It must be a value from the enumeration.	Type of fields in the <launcher> must be a value from the enumeration [TEXT, TEXTAREA, DROPDOWN, HIDDEN].

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