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2039107 - Broadcast Does Not Send Out Emails

Symptom

A Broadcast is not being sent out to the e-mail recipients
- neither on the scheduled time
- sometimes not even when triggering the manual sending (via the Start Now button)

You may get an error message like:

User ABC (ABC represents the username) cannot start report XYZ (XYZ represents the name of the report).

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

1. Business Analytics Work Center

2. Broadcasts

3. Relevant broadcast shows status of Last Run failed

Cause

The user who created the broadcast must be active and unlocked. If this is not the case the broadcast will not be sent.

Resolution

There are 2 ways to solve this.

Unlock the user that is locked or create a new broadcast.

Keywords

broadcast, locked user, start report, Last Broadcast tab blank, Broadcast not excecute , KBA , user inactive , user locked , AP-RC-ANA , C4C, ByD, Travel: Analytics Tools & Frameworks , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions