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2418845 - "Failed to connect to system" error appears while trying to create model / live data connection to HCP in BusinessObjects Cloud

Symptom

  • "Failed to connect to system" error message appears during the following actions:
    1. Creating:
      • new live data connection to HCP
      • new model from an existing HCP Live Data connection
      • new story from an existing model created from HCP Live Data connection
    2. Opening:
      • model created from HCP Live Data connection
  • Additional symptom is the below error message in story builder, when using a model created from HCP Live Data connection as datasource:
    "This chart can no longer retrieve data from the datasource." 

Environment

  • SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
  • SAP HANA Cloud Platform

Reproducing the Issue

Workflow1: "Failed to connect to system"

  1. Logon to SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.
    1. Create:
      1. new live data connection to HCP
      2. new model from an existing HCP Live Data connection
      3. new story from an existing model created from HCP Live Data connection
    2. Open:
      1. model created from HCP Live Data connection
  2. Observe the error message.

Workflow 2: "This chart can no longer retrieve data from the datasource."

  1. Logon to SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.
  2. Open a story.
  3. Select a chart which has datasource created from HCP Live Data connection.
  4. Observe the error message in the builder.

Cause

The HCP Database is stopped or deleted.

hcp1.jpg

Resolution

Start or recreate the database.

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Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0