Symptom
When trying to filter a data set by range using a time dimension, the following error message appears in SAP Analytics Cloud:
"Failed to initialize"
Environment
- SAP Analytics Cloud 2018.14
- Live Data Connection to SAP HANA
Reproducing the Issue
- Logon to SAC.
- Create a Live Data Connection and model based on HANA Calculation View.
- Create a Story.
- Try to use the "Filter by range" option.
- Notice the error message.
Cause
Unsupported ID format was used for the date object in HANA.
Resolution
Use one of the following ID formats that are supported: "YYYY", "YYYYMM", "YYYYMMDD" or "YYYY-MM-DD".
See Also
- How to find User Assistance for SAP Analytics Cloud?
- Ask a question on the SAP Community!
- 2487011 - What information do I need to provide when opening incidents with SAP Analytics Cloud (Hint: Use component LOD-ANA*)
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Keywords
SAC, SAP AC, Cloud-Analytics, CloudAnalytics, SAPCloudAnalytics, Time, Dimension, Filter, Range, Failed, Error , KBA , LOD-ANA , SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) , LOD-ANA-BI , Business Intelligence Functionality, Analytic Models , LOD-ANA-PL , Planning , LOD-ANA-BR , SAC Boardroom , LOD-ANA-PR , SAC Predictive , Problem