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1214114 - Error: 'This field name is not known' when refreshing or saving a report in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • This field name is not known.
  • When verifying a formula, it shows the error the field is not known.
  • When refreshing a report, it fails with the error a field name is not known.
  • When refreshing, or saving a report in Crystal Reports, it generates the error: "This field name is not known".


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Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2020
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2025

Product

SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2025

Keywords

"FIELDS NOT KNOWN", CR , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

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