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1904224 - Web Intelligence: Error: "Cannot retrieve dimensions from cube" when using authorization variable as mandatory prompt value

Symptom

  • A Web Intelligence (WebI) report uses BICS to connect to a Business Explorer (BEx) query containing an authorization variable as a mandatory prompt.
  • After selecting the query in the query panel, the following error text appears in the query panel:

    "Cannot retrieve dimensions from cube <cube name>
    com.sap.ip.bi.base.exceoption.BIBaseRuntimeException: Error: Provider Selection Object: Initialization Issue
    Error: Provider Selection Object: Initialization Issue
    Invalid variable values"

 


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Environment

  • SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 (BI4)
  • SAP Business Warehouse (BW)

 

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0

Keywords

BI BOE BW sap client enterprise bips bex multiprovider infoobject infoprovider infocube interactive analysis auth var restriction prompt variable parameter param params mandatory optional default val no data connect connection olap , KBA , BI-RA-WBI , Web Intelligence , BI-RA-WBI-DSL , Obsolete, use : BI-RA-WBI-BE-DP , Problem

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