Symptom
- Error occured when starting the parser.
- Database Connector Error when refreshing a report based off a SAP BW Query.
- In Crystal Reports, when refreshing a report based off an SAP BW Query, it fails with an error like:
'Database Connector Error: "BAPI Error #:0
Error occurred when starting the parser: timeout during allocate / CPIC-CALL"
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Environment
- SAP Crystal Reports 2016
- SAP Crystal Reports 2020
- SAP Crystal Reports 2025
- SAP BW 7.4
- SAP BW 7.5
Product
SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2025
Keywords
BAPI error, RFC, "Failed to retrieve data from the database", CR , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem
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