Error "Error importing data: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: [GenericDelegator.makeValue] could not find entity for entityName: Application" when restore JIRA from xml file

[Minh Vo]

I try to restore JIRA (v 4.2) from XML file that is backuped from other JIRA server (same version 4.2), but there is an error:

"Error importing data: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: [GenericDelegator.makeValue] could not find entity for entityName: Application"

What should I do now?

[Chaithra N · Accepted solution]

There is similar kind of post may be you want to check it. - https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/124447/error-doing-an-xml-import-to-a-test-environment

[darylchuah]

It seems like there is missing entity name from some third-party plugins that you configured before.

You might want to check and compare on the original JIRA server installation directory ($<jira_installation_directory>\atlassian-jira\WEB-INF\classes\entitydefs) whethere is there any extra entity name added on the following files:

• entitymodel.xml
• entitygroup.xml

Hope it helps !

Cheers :)