Error Message: "The entry number does not exist in this termbase"

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Hi, 
 first time here! 
 When I try to search the entry "plaintiff" in my termbase (as well as the other terms contained in such entry such as "claimant", "Klager" (DE) or "attore" (IT) ), the following error message pops up: "The entry number does not exist in this termbase" (in Italian "Il numero di voce non esiste in questo database"). As you can see from the image attached, the entry shows up in the entry list, but cannot be accessed. Clicking or creating another entry with the same terms it is pointless. 
 Apparently, the entry ID number has somehow gone missing or the entry is somehow corrupted. How can I access and modify the entry in order to fix it? Can I avoid recreating the termbase? 
 Thank you in advance for your help. 
 I hope you and you loved ones are healthy and safe during these extraordinary times. 
 Have a nice day ahead, 
 Lorenzo

Paul · Answer

Lorenzo Penta 
 Perhaps one more thing to try... delete these files and only keep the *.sdltb: 
 *.mdf 
 *.mtf 
 Then double click the *.sdltb and open the ermbase to see if this helped. These files will be rebuilt.

Paul · Answer

Lorenzo Penta 
 In this case I think your best bet will be to recreate the termbase. Probably a trivial exercise using the Glossary Converter, although you may wish to go the XDT/XML route depending on the features you use in your termbase.

Paul · Answer

Lorenzo Penta 
 Lorenzo Penta said: I think that the log is just saying that an empty field is not a valid value for a field, and I indeed have empty fields in many entries because I do not need to fill all fields in all entries 
 Having empty fields isn't a problem. 
 Lorenzo Penta said: I use the language field "English" in some entries and the language field "English (US)" and "English (OK)" in other entries; 
 This is poor practice. You would be better to use just English and then create new attributes for the flavours; or only use the flavours and don't use plain English at all. This article may be helpful in this regard: 
 https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/04/08/yanks-versus-brits/

Paul · Answer

Lorenzo Penta 
 Lorenzo Penta said: Therefore, I should just ignore the log, right? 
 No... there must be something else in there causing you a problem, but unless we can see your file it's hard to tell. Also good to make sure you have defined each column in your file correctly in the Glossary Converter and also make sure any fields you added to picklists for example are correct and include all the fields you have actually used in your entries.

Paul · Answer

Lorenzo Penta 
 It sounds to me as though you might benefit from cleaning up the excel file quite a bit before recreating. So delete all the columns you are not using at all, and make sure that you have selected the correct field names/types when you recreate the termbase in the Glossary Converter settings. 
 Lorenzo Penta said: I created my termbase employing the multilingual glossary template and then added two extra text fields for the term level. 
 On this basis you probably have a lot of stuff in there you don't really need or use.

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Error Message: "The entry number does not exist in this termbase"

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