Symptom
- It is not possible to add to a block an objects coming from a query without getting the error "cannot drop here – the object is incompatible"
Environment
- SAP Business Objects BI 4
- WebIntelligence
- Excel MS
Reproducing the Issue
- Launch Webi Rich Client and create a new document using an excel spreadsheet containing 3 sheets with various data.
- Select Sheet 1 from the excel spreadsheet
- Click Add Query
- Select Sheet 2
- Click Add Query
- Select Sheet 3
- Click Run Queries. And you should see 3 tables displayed
- In Data tab > Data > select Merge and merge 2 objects
- Arrange by Query View
- Select 1 object from Query 1, 1 object from Query 2 and the merge dimension
- drag the objects in the report
- You see a union of both data sets
- Try to drag another object from Query 2 in the block
->error message "cannot drop here - the object is incompatible" is showing
Cause
This has been logged as a product defect : Bug # ADAPT01662025
Resolution
This issue is fixed in Patch 4.5 and Support Pack 06.
Keywords
1662025, 01662025, WebI Rich Client , KBA , BI-RA-WBI , Web Intelligence , Bug Filed
Product
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0