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Russ
March 27, 2023
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Data Cell is read-only because Parent Workflow Profile has no active Input Profiles

  • March 27, 2023
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Hi all,

I have an Import, Validate, Load workflow that hasn't been used for a while. I'm trying to load in data and I'm getting invalid intersections at the validation stage with the following error message:

"Data Cell is read-only because Parent Workflow Profile 'Workflow Name' has no active Input Profiles for the Workflow Channels that are assigned to the Data Cell's Account and/or UD member. Entity = Entity, Account=Volume, Origin=Import"

Note I've use italics instead of using our entity names and workflow names.

We didn't have this issue before so I'm not sure what has changed. The parent workflow profile stated in the validation message isn't actually the parent workflow profile so I'm totally confused. There is another post on this but I didn't understand the resolution. Could somebody please tell me what I would need to do to fix this? Thanks!

Best answer by Jones

Hey, I add to this thread. I got exact same message. However the Import profile was set to active. However the workflow channel was limited. I guess due to formula accounts trying to clear "import" data. Got solved by adding an temporary import step with relevant workflow channel, in my case "AllChanelInput", not sure if that is default or created in only application.

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RussAuthor
March 27, 2023

I've already found the answer. The default workflow import profile had been set as Profile Active = False in the Budget scenario.

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JonesAnswer
May 15, 2023

Hey, I add to this thread. I got exact same message. However the Import profile was set to active. However the workflow channel was limited. I guess due to formula accounts trying to clear "import" data. Got solved by adding an temporary import step with relevant workflow channel, in my case "AllChanelInput", not sure if that is default or created in only application.

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Upkar
August 26, 2023

Hi Jones, I faced a similar issue, my workflow profile Channel was set as AllChanelInput but later changed to Standard, now when I use Clear Data through DM job I am getting this error but only for handful of entities which is driving me nuts. After changing those workflow Profiles to AllchanelInput I am not getting that error. at the end I still need my workflow Profiles to be Standard though. 
Is this an know issue in OS? 

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ASides
May 5, 2025

Hi Upkar​ , do you recall what the solution to this was?

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jhorwich
September 3, 2025

This is an old thread, but I ran into this issue today and found a different resolution than what was suggested here. I have two cubes where I regularly sync data from one cube (budget/planning) to another cube (reporting). In the workflow that I am loading this data into, it turned out that I did not have entity assigned to the workflow, so it was prompting this validation error.

Once I assigned the entity (Workflow Profiles > Top-Level Workflow > Entity Assignment, then look for entity in the right-side list and assign it), I was able to revalidate the workflow and complete the load. I didn't need to make any changes to the Workflow Channel settings. Sharing as an FYI in case this helps anyone else!

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