Plugin file contains an unrecognized file: queries_root/com.myplugin.queries.xml

[kyleholder]

I've had several plugins running since 2014.

Today - when I am trying to install a new plugin, I get the following error: 

• Plugin file contains an unrecognized file: queries_root/com.myplugin.queries.xml

I've never seen this before. I've tried a different naming convention for the file. - Didn't work.

So, I start wondering if it is the XML itself. Pared it back to the bare minimum.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<queries>
    <query coreTable="storedgrades" name="myquery.gpa.get" flattened="true">
        <columns>
            <column column="last_name">last_name</column>
        </columns>
        <sql>
			<![CDATA[
				select distinct last_name from students
			]]>
		</sql>
    </query>
</queries>

Didn't work.

Plugin.xml is normal.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[alex_felleson]

(Old post, but hopefully this will help people searching the same issue.) 

Your zip file may be nested in a way PowerSchool isn't expecting. 

Your plugin should have this structure: 
├ plugin.xml
├ queries_root (folder)
 |  ├ some.file.xml

In your file explorer, collapse the queries_root folder so you can't see its contents. Then select both plugin.xml and queries_root and compress them into a zip file.

Do *not* put plugin.xml and queries_root into a folder and then compress that folder. That was the mistake I was making when I got this error. 

Hope this helps! 

[lleybs]

I'm getting the same error and my ZIP file is set up correctly...

ZIP file containing:

  - plugin.xml

  - queries_root folder

        - query.file.xml

The query.file.xml file is properly formatted, as far as I can tell.

RESOLVED:

What I did was I took a plugin that I know for sure worked and modified the XML files accordingly.  I was ale to install the plugin using this method.  Still no idea why it did not like the files I created, since they were identical to what I ended up using.  But as long as it worked, I'm happy.