You receive the "One or more values typed on this page are not valid" error message when you try to create an audience in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (837249)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

SYMPTOMS

When you try to create an audience by adding a user as a Member of a group account rule, you may receive the following error message:
One or more values typed on this page are not valid. Check the text for the indicated fields.

No account is found from Active Directory based on your input.
This problem may occur when you try to add a user (such as Domain\UserName) and the NetBIOS domain name is different from the first part of the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).

RESOLUTION

This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest SharePoint Portal Server 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information

This problem is corrected in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SharePoint Portal Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889380 How to obtain the latest service pack for SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Hotfix information

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated September 17, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

883919 Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 17, 2004

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
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