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2786489 - Error "The table failed to initialize: Invalid data source" occurs when opening story based on live connection in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

Error "The table failed to initialize: Invalid data source" occurs when opening story based on live connection in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Environment

  • SAP Analytics Cloud 2019.8.0

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Create a live Connection to S/4 HANA.
  2. Create a Model on the top of Connection.
  3. Create a Story on the top of the Model and a table into it.
  4. Save the Story and move back to the SAC home page.
  5. Leave the SAC untouched for about 40 minutes.
  6. Re-open the Story and check the error message in the table.

ErrorSACSessionTimeout.png

  1. By Chrome DevTools the HTTP 400 being caught while the error occurs as well.

Cause

Currently SAC does not support the Keep-Alive or 'Avoid remote session timeout' for S/4 HANA.

The setting "Avoid Remote Session Timeout (in seconds)" in Start of the navigation path'' (Main Menu) Next navigation step '' System Next navigation step '' Administration Next navigation step System Configuration ONLY works with Live HANA systems right now.

Resolution

Workaround: To refresh the browser so the story will prompt for user credentials. Then the Story will be displayed properly again.

See Also

Keywords

SAP Cloud for Planning, sc4p, c4p, cforp, cloudforplanning, EPM-ODS, Cloud for Analytics, Cloud4Analytics, CloudforAnalytics, Cloud 4 Planning, BOC, SAPBusinessObjectsCloud, BusinessObjectsCloud, BOBJcloud, BOCloud., SAC, SAP AC, Cloud-Analytics, CloudAnalytics, SAPCloudAnalytics, live, connect, connection, invalid, data, source, initialize, protocol, 400 , KBA , 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