CLI - unresolvableBaseMetadataFile

[Mike D]

Hi, folks,

Trying to work around what appear to be som really long lags from the Arelle GUI hanging on  "preparing views" steps by trying to validate the same package from the command line.  This is on 2.37.21, running on a MacBook Pro.  File is an ESA DORA register of information.

From the GUI, everything seems to run fine (other than the "prepariing views" lag).  I downloaded the appropriate files to DORA/Severity_4.0.0.0.zip, DORA/Dictionary_4.0.0.0.zip, and DORA/Reporting_Framework_4.0.0.0.zip.  I set Arelle under Help...Manage Packages to load those packages locally.  I then can open my MyRegister.zip DORA file and validate.  Works great (other than the hanging preparing views)

I try to replicate this from the CLI, and it doesn't appear to work.  I try the following:

MacOS% arch -x86_64 ./arelleCmdLine --package DORA/EBA_XBRL_4.0_Severity_4.0.0.0.zip --package DORA/EBA_XBRL_4.0_Reporting_Frameworks_4.0.0.0 --package DORA/EBA_XBRL_4.0_Dictionary_4.0.0.0.zip --file DORA/MyRegister.zip -v

This throws the error:

[xbrlce:unresolvableBaseMetadataFile] Extending document file not found: http://www.eba.europa.eu/eu/fr/xbrl/crr/fws/dora/4.0/mod/dora.json, referenced from /DORA/MyRegister/reports/report.json - report.json 

The file /reports/report.json is a required file in a DORA package, and I've verified its contents match the sample file.  The GUI has zero complaints about this same package (which includes the same JSON file), but the CLI bombs out.  

My suspicion here is the difference is that the GUI gives me the option to load the taxonomy files locally vs. from the web, and so the file we're "extending" with report.json is local, where the CLI appears to be trying to find the internet version of the package.  

Is there a way for me to sepecify the equivalent of "load packages locally" from the CLI?  Or am I on the wrong track here?  I have tried with the -"-internetConnectivity offline" flag but get the same error.  

Mike

[Steven Bronson]

Hi Mike,

"--package" is right, but the missing ".zip" in "--package
DORA/EBA_XBRL_4.0_Reporting_Frameworks_4.0.0.0" seems suspicious.

Steven

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[Mike D]

Thanks Steven,

Typo on my part when snipping out all the boring parts of the path on my machine. All the taxonomy files end in zip.

Mike

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[Mike D]

Aha - but Steven was on to the right point. I had a typo in one of my package paths, and that was indeed the issue.  Correcting to point at the right file in the correct directory solved the problem.  Thanks for the suggestion on where to look.

Mike