Symptom
- Error: 'Failed to open the connection.'
- Refreshing a report generate the error.
- When attempting to refresh a report based of a Universe in Crystal Reports, it fails with the following error:
- "Failed to open the connection.
- Details: Update of the SQL command from the Universe failed.
- This report cannot be refreshed unless the SQL command is updated from the Universe."
- The same report used to refresh successfully before the Universe was modified.
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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
CR , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem
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