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1201081 - Cannot display a numeric value greater than 15 digits

Symptom

  • In SAP BusinessObjects (as well as many other applications) there appears to be a limit of 15 digits that can be displayed.
  • Digits after the 15th position will be returned as '0'  i.e: 12345678901234567890 will be displayed 12345678901234500000.
  • Result of a calculation can be incorrect when working with more than 15 digits.


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Environment

  • BusinessObjects Enterprise XI
  • BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2
  • BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0
  • BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1
  • SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.x

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.1 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.2 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform R2 ; SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI ; SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 ; SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1

Keywords

xir2, bo xi 31, number, zero, 15 digit, limit, webi, web intelligence, binary, floating point, decimal, big numbers, ieee 754, web intelligence, big numbers , KBA , BI-BIP , Business intelligence platform , BI-RA-WBI , Web Intelligence , Problem

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