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2681145 - "Failed to initialize" error message appears when trying to use filter by range in SAP Analytics Cloud

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

  1. Logon to SAC. 
  2. Create a Live Data Connection and model based on HANA Calculation View. 
  3. Create a Story. 
  4. Try to use the "Filter by range" option. 
  5. 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".

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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

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0