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2217010 - Error: "COM exception caught in CExtToolBar::UploadFromLocalFile()." when attempting to save a report from Crystal Reports to SAP BW

Symptom

  • Fail to save a report to SAP BW.
  • Unable to save a report based on a BEx Query to SAP BW.
  • When attempting to save a report from Crystal Reports to an SAP BW System, it fails with the error:
       
    "COM exception caught in CExtRoolBar::UploadFromLocalFile(). HR= 0x800004005"
    "An error occurred while trying to obtain the connection to the SAP system."
                 
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Environment

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

Product

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

Keywords

SAP BW, CR, Save to SAP BW, CExtToolBar error , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

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