error in standard setup.xml example

[carasso]

1. Make a new app in 5.0.3.
   
2. Put setup.xml in your app's /default directory, using the setup.xml shown in the example: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.4/AdvancedDev/SetupExampleCredentials
3. Restart splunk.
4. Go to launcher and click on nice notice "1 add-on awaiting set up: myapp"

5. Click on it:

   500 Internal Server Error
   
   Return to Splunk home page
   KeyError: 'elements'
   
   This page was linked to from http://localhost:8500/en-US/app/launcher/home.
   

From web_service.log:

File "/Users/dcarasso/Desktop/5.0.3/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/controllers/admin.py", line 1435, in listEntities
self.flattenElements(uiHelper['elements'], uiHelper_elements)
KeyError: 'elements'

[carasso · Accepted solution]

Found the problem, after a couple of hours wasted.
The docs said to "Create a block in setup.xml".
It failed to mention that the "block" must be wrapped in "<setup> ... </setup>"

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.4/AdvancedDev/SetupExampleCredentials