Difficulty merging data

[generous_rose29868]

Good morning, I'm encountering a problem in Indesign.
I want to create a catalog in indesign from the descriptions in excel. I used the data merge function but it is not pulling the photos.
The following warning appears.
"The data source references one or more missing images. It is not possible to view or merge the missing images. When creating a merged document, you can choose to generate the list of all missing images."
How do I resolve this issue?

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Good morning I did the test of placing the image manually and then seeing its path to compare with the spreadsheet I have. And unfortunately he is correct. I tried putting the photos in a folder on the desktop and the problem still persists

By @generous_rose29868

Have you just compared visually or have you copy&pasted it into your datasource file and tried DataMerge again?

[generous_rose29868]

Thank you very much for the various tips and ideas to solve my problem.
I finally managed to solve my problem.
What was getting in the way was the path, it was very long which was getting in the way.
Thank you very much for the tips

[Venessa Sylvester]

Adobe is also having an issue with merging images. I did this and it worked right away:

1. Quit InDesign.

2. In macOS, go to Applications\Adobe InDesign 2024\Resources\Cookies\ENABLE_POSIX_PATH.

3. Delete or Rename ENABLE_POSIX_PATH.

4. Launch InDesign.

[Laubender]

@Venessa Sylvester said:

"… Delete or Rename ENABLE_POSIX_PATH."

Well, to do this in the Applications folder, one needs admin rights.

Something not all users have and where the IT has to do it.

Just to give you an example, my students at university would not be allowed to rename ENABLE_POSIX_PATH.

The way out would be to save the data merge source file in the folder where all images are that one likes to merge. With only the names of the images listed in the data merge source file, .txt or .cvs.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )