2595455 - A-OLAP error when creating or opening an existing workspace when the "SAP Authentication" - "Entitlement Systems" user's password contains a '%' sign

• A BI system is set up with at least one "Logical system name" in "SAP Authentication" - "Entitlement Systems".
• The password of at least one of the the authentication users for one of the "Logical system names" has a '%' sign it it.
• An A-OLAP workspace is created based on an OLAP connection that is connecting to a BW system.
• When a new A-OLAP workspace is attempted to be created based on the BW OLAP connection, then an error is shown as follows:
• If the OLAP connection uses pre-defined credentials, then the error "Failed to browse connections using resource [{0}]: a RuntimeException occurred : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException" is shown.
• If the OLAP connection uses SSO, then the error "Logon failed. Invalid user name or password." is shown.

• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform BI4.2 SP03 - Patch 5 (The customer was on this version, but I believe that the problem occurs in all versions of BI4.2 leading up to where the issue is fixed is affected)
• Analysis for OLAP
• SAP BW

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