Resolve "Referenced ID path...is located in content excluded by profiling filters"

[anstett]

Any guidance in resolving the "Referenced ID path...is located in content excluded by profiling filters" error shown in the attached screenshot is greatly appreciated. This error appears only when a specific profiling filter is selected.

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A second question is why this error does not appear for my colleague after checking out my branch. We are using the same version of Oxygen XML.

Many thanks in advance.

[Radu]

Hi,

The error seems to indicate that this particular link is to an element with ID "fn28". This particular element seems to be excluded by the applied "IBM" profiling filter. If you switch the topic to the Author visual editing mode, this particular element with with ID "fn28" will appear faded out, meaning there is a good chance if you publish with the "IBM" profiling filter to get a broken link as the target element will be excluded.

About this other remark:

A second question is why this error does not appear for my colleague after checking out my branch. We are using the same version of Oxygen XML.

If your colleague would open the same DITA topic (which would have the same content inside like in your case) and would apply the same "IBM" profiling filter which would be configured the same like on your side (so if you had the same settings and the same DITA XML content) then they should obtain the same error.

Regards,
Radu

[anstett]

Thank you, Radu. Do you, or anyone, have guidance on how to resolve this issue? Thanks!

[Radu]

Hi,
It depends, I do not know much about the context, you could for example set on that <xref> the same profiling attributes which are set on the element with ID "fn28" or on an ancestor element which may have profiling attributes.
Regards,
Radu