Publishing SRM Contract to Catalog

Hi All,
I have got a problem publishing SRM (7.0 SP7) contracts to SRM-MDM Catalog.
A contract is set to "Distribute Contract to Catalog" to "Yes" and released.
Message correctly sent to XI and uploaded to MDM server by XI.
Import map of the repository is updated in accordance with [Note 1171711|https://service.sap.com/sap/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=1171711].
In import manager, the uploaded xml files can be manually uploaded without error.
Nonetheless, when the file is handled by the MDM Import Server, a structural error occurred.
<Error ts="2010/05/27 07:14:32.390 GMT" tid="4928" entry-no="8">
Source file does not conform to XML Schema. Element <PurchasingInfoRecordID> not found in the xml schema. RC: 0xfffffffa - Invalid external data
</Error>
I have tried to update the xsd of the MDM repository by
(1) downloading the XSDs in Note 1171711,
(2) inserting the field PurchasingInfoRecordID in the xsd, and
(3) assigned it to the XML_Schemas table of the repository.
But the situation does not improve at all.
Does anyone have experience on this ?
What else should I check ?
Please advise. Many thanks.
Yours,
Chun Fai

Hi,
Previous similar issues reported point to a mismatch of MDM Components, do you definitely have the correct set of MDM Server/UI/etc components?
Regards,
Jason

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