topic Re: How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it." in Splunk Search

How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it."

sh254087 — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:58:35 GMT

Getting the error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it." while trying to export search result.

Getting this error within dashboards as well from search(.../search/search) page.

This is stopping our ability to export/download search results in all available formats(csv/xml/json).

Any possible solutions?

Splunk Enterprise version 9.0.0.1

Re: How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it."

VatsalJagani — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 05:21:05 GMT

@sh254087 - The error message says "Service Unavailable", meaning you may have some disconnects with Splunk services.

If this is happening regularly you may contact Splunk support.

I hope this helps!!! Upvote/karma the post if it does!!

Re: How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it."

splunkadmin5678 — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:54:09 GMT

Did this issue got resolved for you @sh254087, If yes can you help me on this

Re: How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it."

gurlest — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:33:12 GMT

We are also having this same error after our upgrade from v8.2.7.1 to v9.0.3.

We are at a loss as to what happened.

Did you guys ever figure it out @sh254087 @splunkadmin5678 ?

Re: How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it."

gurlest — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:47:48 GMT

We were able to find a temp fix...

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk-launch.conf has a setting PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY that allows for some additional security when setting it to 1 (part of the TLS security fixes from June 2022).

Setting it to 0 (using the default value from $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk-launch.conf.default) causes the 'service unavailble' issues to go away when exporting.

However, this is not the "FIX" for the issue... just a temp fix for your users while you (we?) try to figure out what the real issue is with the self-signed cert validation errors (the 'real' issue) in the logs.

Re: How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it."

sh254087 — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:20:46 GMT

This is right. We also have applied the same as a temporary fix. As a result - 1. The XML issue will be resolved. 2. There will be an error/warning message showing up at the startup, related to PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY having set to 0 (where the expected value is 1). We can, perhaps, only ignore this for now!

Re: How to resolve error "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it."

sh254087 — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 07:48:44 GMT

I'm sorry I missed your message. If you're still looking out for a workaround, please refer gurlest's response