Ingestion Exceptions FAQ

Modified on Mon, 4 May at 2:55 PM

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Exception

Meaning

Solution

Corrupt

Discover is unable to open the document**

If possible replace with a “clean” document.

**PDF forms can tag as corrupt.  

Data Type Conversion Failed

An invalid date was extracted for a document

No action needed

[RT] Ingestion Exception Details contains additional details

Database

The file type is considered a database file 

No action needed.  

Deleted Item

Deleted files were found on the source material

No action needed.  

Commonly seen when processing forensic copies

Empty File

Document has a size of 0

No action needed.  

Encrypted

The document contrains encrypted content**

Replace document with an decrypted version

**Excel documents that have a protected cell, will flag as encrypted.

Export Failed

Documents that have no binary data**, are MIME or considered “poison”. 

No action needed

**PDF portfolios, or zip shells that do not get suppressed can receive this flag

Extracted Text Only

Used when extracted text is used instead of the native.**

No action needed

**ico files receive this flag

Field Data Extraction Error

There was an issue when the document was processed for a specific metadata field

No action needed

[RT] Ingestion Exceptions Details contains additional details

Field Data Truncated

The field value is beyond 255 characters

No action needed

[RT] Ingestion Exceptions Details contains additional details

**Is commonly seen in email subject lines

Missing Hash Value

The system was unable to obtain the documents hash value

No action needed

Usually seen with other processing exceptions, like empty

Multimedia

Items where the Kind = "Multimedia" from the supported file types list.

No action needed

NIST Item

A known  file from the NSRL Reference Data Set, also referred to as the NIST list.

No action needed

Non-Searchable PDF

A PDF document that did not contain embedded test

Send material for embedded OCRing  
 **If OCR documents without content files is selected in cases and servers, non-searchable PDFs will automatically submitted for OCRing

Inaccessible Content

Discover is unable to access a supported file

No action needed

Renamed Extension

The file extension (determined by the document header) is different then on the original file.

No action needed

System File

Items where the Kind = "System File" from the supported file types list.

No action needed

Text Stripped

Items where the application recognized the file type, but the text and metadata cannot be cleanly extracted. The result is an item that is searchable, but the text may be distorted or not properly formatted.

No action needed

Unknown Binary

Items where Document Kind = "Unrecognized" or items where the MIME type is application/octet-stream.

No action needed

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