# journal-defs-invalid

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a journal definitions file does not parse, or one of its kinds or metrics is refused (declared twice, a plugin's id without its prefix, an unknown field type, a metric that names one defined after it or has no `over`/`under`); the rest of the file loads

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| Severity | `warning` |

## Meaning

a journal definitions file does not parse, or one of its kinds or metrics is refused (declared twice, a plugin's id without its prefix, an unknown field type, a metric that names one defined after it or has no `over`/`under`); the rest of the file loads

## Fix

fix the declaration the message names