Thursday, March 27, 2014

InfoPath Error: The form cannot be submitted

Error:
The form cannot be submitted because it contains validation error. Errors are marked with either a red asterisk (required filed) or a red, dashed border (invalid values)




 Background:
  • This is the most common error I noticed after getting customize with InfoPath feature enabled in SharePoint list
  • User has customized SharePoint list more precisely newform.aspx using InfoPath
  • And then suddenly started getting above error



Troubleshooting:
  • Open the list in InfoPath via list tab > customize form
  • It will open up newform.aspx in InfoPath
  • Once it is open check mandatory fields available in that form.
  • Make sure all mandatory fields are available and deployed in newform.aspx
  • Or
  • If you don’t want them to be displayed in newform.aspx just remove mandatory option
  • Republish the form and check behavior.




Feel free to reach me in case of any issues on above steps, thanks

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I am getting this error in fields that are pulling information from another list (i.e. a Data type of "LookupType") but still need to be "cannot be blank" fields. Any suggestions?

Pratik Vyas said...

Are source fields mandatory fields?

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