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      When running a job while the VaultThinClient or the VaultThickClient function are mapped it fails with "Invalid URL"

      Issue

      When having the powerFLC ThinClientLink or ThickClientLink functions mapped in a powerJobs Processor job like the Sample.TransferItemBOMs job it fails with an "Invalid URL" error if the Vault name contains a space character.

      Cause

      In the function that generates the link the Vault name is not encoded. This causes the job to fail since a space character must be encoded to "%20" to generate a valid URL.

      Solution 1

      Install powerFLC 24.0.3 or a newer version along with powerVault 24.0.5 or a newer version

      Solution 2

      To fix this issue modify the functions in the module "coolOrange.powerFLC.Workflows.MappingFunctions.psm1" to encode the Vault name:

      1. Open the module "coolOrange.powerFLC.Workflows.MappingFunctions.psm1" from "C:\ProgramData\coolOrange\powerJobs\Modules"
      2. Search for the function "GetVaultThickClientLink"
      3. Replace it with this updated function: 
        function GetVaultThickClientLink($entity) {
            if ($entity._EntityTypeID -eq "ITEM") { 
                $objectId = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($entity._Number)
                $objectType = "ItemRevision"
            } elseif ($entity._EntityTypeID -eq "FILE") {
                $objectId = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($entity._FullPath)
                $objectType = "File"
            } else {
                return ""
            }
            $serverUri = New-Object Uri -ArgumentList $vault.InformationService.Url
            $hostname = $serverUri.Host
            if ($hostname -ieq "localhost") { $hostname = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName() }
            $vaultName = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($vaultConnection.Vault)
            return "$($serverUri.Scheme)://$($hostname)/AutodeskDM/Services/EntityDataCommandRequest.aspx?Vault=$($vaultName)&ObjectId=$($objectId)&ObjectType=$($objectType)&Command=Select"
        }
         
      4. Search for the function "GetVaultThinClientLink"
      5. Replace it with this updated function: 
        function GetVaultThinClientLink($entity) {
            $id = GetVaultPersistentId -entity $entity
            $serverUri = New-Object Uri -ArgumentList $vault.InformationService.Url
            $hostname = $serverUri.Host
            if ($hostname -ieq "localhost") { $hostname = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName() }
            $vaultName = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($vaultConnection.Vault)
            return "$($serverUri.Scheme)://$($hostname)/AutodeskTC/$($hostname)/$($vaultName)#/Entity/Details?id=m$($id)&itemtype=$($entity._EntityType.DisplayName)"
        }

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