Unable To Save Or Run Import/Export Dataflow Profiles

Question

I have recently started experiencing issues when saving or running any dataflow profiles in Magento. When trying to do so I get the following error message:

Please set available and/or protected paths list(s) before validation.

After reviewing the code I came across the following inside the Mage_ImportExport_Helper_Data class on or around line 57:

public function getLocalValidPaths()
{
    $paths = Mage::getStoreConfig('general/file/importexport_local_valid_paths');
    return $paths;
}

This function is setting the returning a list of paths that are allowed to be inputted. The variable being returned is null everytime even though the following is set in the Mage_ImportExport extensions config.xml file:

<default>
    <general>
        <file>
            <importexport_local_valid_paths>
                <available>
                    <export_xml>var/export/*/*.xml</export_xml>
                    <export_csv>var/export/*/*.csv</export_csv>
                    <import_xml>var/import/*/*.xml</import_xml>
                    <import_csv>var/import/*/*.csv</import_csv>
                </available>
            </importexport_local_valid_paths>
            <bunch_size>100</bunch_size>
        </file>
    </general>
</default>

Has anyone experienced this issue before and know how it can be resolved?

Answer 1

There is no system.xml in Mage_ImportExport, therefore you can not edit this setting in the backend.

You might still want to check core_config_data, just in case some data or install script did something with this setting. The path should be general/file/importexport_local_valid_paths (/available?) So just search for LIKE %general/file/importexport_local_valid_paths%

And the last idea I have is, that for some reason, you overwrite this setting in some other config.xml or app/etc/local.xml