validate command produces different results when run via prism and server

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<feed description="clicks log" name="raaw-logs16" xmlns="uri:falcon:feed:0.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <partitions>
        <partition name="country" />
        <partition name="colo" />
    </partitions>
<!--
    <groups>online,bi</groups>-->

    <frequency>minutes(20)</frequency>
    <timezone>UTC</timezone>
    <late-arrival cut-off="hours(6)" />

    <clusters>
        <cluster name="corp" type="source">
            <validity start="2009-02-01T00:00Z" end="2099-05-01T00:00Z"
     />
            <retention limit="months(9000)" action="delete" /> <!-- Limit can be in Time or Instances 100, Action ENUM DELETE,ARCHIVE -->
        </cluster>
    </clusters>

    <locations>
        <location type="data" path="/test/input-data/rawLogs/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY}/${HOUR}/${MINUTE}" />
        <location type="stats" path="" />
        <location type="meta" path="/projects/falcon/clicksMetaData" />
    </locations>
    
    <ACL owner="testuser" group="group" permission="0x755" />
    <schema location="/schema/clicks" provider="protobuf" />

    <properties>
        <property name="field1" value="value1" />
        <property name="field2" value="value2" />
    </properties>
</feed>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><result>
  <status>FAILED</status>
  <message>Can not create a Path from an empty string</message>
  <requestId>499485003@qtp-1777432937-29 - 150b8abd-fc05-450b-af3f-896d83286520</requestId>
</result>