Symptom
When trying to save or create a variant in Analysis for Office, there is a message saying that the variant was saved/created but actually it was not saved.
This is also generating the dump below in ST22 transaction:
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Category ABAP Programming Error
Runtime Errors RAISE_EXCEPTION
ABAP Program CL_RSR_PARA===================CP
Application Component BW-BEX-ET
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Environment
SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
Reproducing the Issue
- Run query in Analysis for Office
- Enter the variable values in prompt
- Try to save a variant of the variable values
- There is a message saying that the variant has been saved... but actually the variant is not saved.
Check the transaction ST22 and confirm that there is a dump generated when trying to save the variant in Analysis for Office.
Cause
The issue may be related to a conflict in the table RSPERSHEAD which is causing the problem when saving Variants in Analysis for Office.
Resolution
In transaction RS_PERS_ACTIVATE, deactivate and then activate the "Variables Personalization" again.
Keywords
Business Warehouse, BW, Analysis Office, Analysis, Office, Excel, AO, Variant, Variants, personalization, create variant, RSPERSHEAD, RS_PERS_ACTIVATE , KBA , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , Problem