1601997 - Error: 'Failed to establish a connection. The cause was: Cannot Connect to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise at this time. Please try again later' when trying to connect from Crystal Reports for Enterprise to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise

• Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0
• BusinessObjects Enterprise 4.0

Different reasons could cause this error message

• The reason of the issue should be indicated in the '.log' file located at \Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\Business Objects\Crystal Reports for Enterprise XI 4.0\workspace\.metadata\.log
• Please find below two common error messages reported in the '.log' file:

1. In case of incorrect Proxy configuration:

!MESSAGE WinHttp.DetectAutoProxyConfigUrl for wpad failed with error 'The Proxy Auto-configuration URL was not found.
' #12180.

2. In case of incorrect domain (for further details, please refer to the knowledgebase article 1598906):

cause:com.crystaldecisions.enterprise.ocaframework.OCAFrameworkException$NotFoundInDirectory: Server ... not found or server may be down (FWM 01003) cause:java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused detail:Server ... not found or server may be down (FWM 01003) Connection refused

3. In case of Bad CMS port number "" error make sure the CMS Name and port number specified correctly in dswsbobje.properties configuration file and restart Tomcat

SAP Knowledge Base Article ID 1598906 - Crystal Reports for Enterprise gives Cannot Connect to SAP Business Objects Enterprise at this time. Please try again later.

SAP Knowledge Base Article ID 1602024 -  Error: 'Failed to establish a connection. The cause was: Cannot Connect to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise at this time. Please try again later' when trying to connect from Crystal Reports for Enterprise to SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise

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