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1658910 - Missing empty data when reporting of a BEx Query in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • Not all data displays.
  • When reporting of a BEx Query in Crystal Reports, it is missing the empty data.
  • Is it possible to obtain empty rows when reporting from SAP BW BEx Query in Crystal Reports?
  • Is there an option to distinguish between empty and non empty rows when reporting of an SASP BW BEx query in Crystal Reports?

Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2008
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2011
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2013
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016

Reproducing the Issue

  1. In Crystal Reports, create a new report of an SAP BW BEx Query using the SAP menu.
  2. Select the SAP BW system.
  3. Enter the login credentials.
  4. Select the SAP BW BEx Query.
  5. Notice the reports does not return the expected data set. It is missing the blank or empty rows.
      
    If you report off the same BEx Query in BEx Analyser, it displays more rows of data.

Cause

  • By default, when reporting of a BEx Query in Crystal Reports, it will returns the rows that contains data, and not the empty rows that exist in the SAP BW cube.

Resolution

  • From Service Pack 3 of Crystal Reports 2008 and above, the option to "Show Empty Data" when reporting of SAP BW BEx Query was introduced.
       
  • When you want your report to show all the data, including the empty ones, you can use the new option: "Show Empty Data". This option has been added to the SAP BW MDX driver to allow empty data records to be displayed.
         
  • The "Show Empty Data" option can be selected when you create the connection (on SAP System Login).
     
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  • When the "Show Empty Data" option is selected, empty data rows will be displayed in the report.
      
  • Important Note: Setting "Show Empty data" to true will downgrade the data retrieval performance, so the default value for the option is False. This also applies when opening a report created with previous versions of this product. 

See Also

  • Chapter SAP Integration Kits - "Option to distinguish between empty and non empty rows for SAP NetWeaver BW Data" from "What's New in SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Service Pack 3"

Keywords

CR, NULL data, Empty Data, empty rows , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2016

Attachments

xi31_sp3_whats_new_en.pdf