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kunjan
Nimbostratus
May be you are affected by this. If you are using windows format try converting to unix.
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnote-ltm-11-6-0.print.html
ID 376894 - External data group files that have been edited on Microsoft Windows platforms can now be imported in their native format. Both Windows style (CRLF) as well as Unix/Linux style (LF) line endings are supported, so there is no longer a need to run these files through utilities to reformat line endings.
So, you can follow the file content like:
key_1,
key_2, key_3,Mar 14, 2015
ah yes .. loading data-group-file with windows-style line-endings is a familiar error i've encountered on many occasions -- i incorrectly assumed it was due to specifying a blank key-value separator ... so apparently, it's possible to load a "keys only" data-group-file while specifying a key-value separator that's not present