Symptom
After upgrading to S/4HANA 2020, Commercial Project Management standard workbooks are not working properly when using planning functions.
In RFC traces (e.g. dev_nco_rfc.log), entries similar to the following can be found:
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SAP.Middleware.Connector.RfcAbapMessageException: Incompatible Call Rejected, see note 2295840; Called Incompatible Function :BICS_CONS_CREATE_PLANNING_FUNCCPROG:...SAP.Middleware.Connector.RfcAbapMessageException: Incompatible Call Rejected, see note 2295840; Called Incompatible Function :BICS_CONS_CREATE_PLANNING_FUNCCPROG:...
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SAP.Middleware.Connector.RfcAbapMessageException: Incompatible Call Rejected, see note 2295840; Called Incompatible Function :BICS_CONS_EXECUTE_PLANNING_FUNCPROG:...SAP.Middleware.Connector.RfcAbapMessageException: Incompatible Call Rejected, see note 2295840; Called Incompatible Function :BICS_CONS_EXECUTE_PLANNING_FUNCPROG:...
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Environment
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for Microsoft Office
S/4HANA 2020
Cause
The fuction modules below are blocklisted in S/4HANA 2020:
- BICS_CONS_CREATE_PLANNING_FUNC
- BICS_CONS_EXECUTE_PLANNING_FUN
Resolution
Follow the instructions of SAP note 2408693 to override the blocklisted function modules BICS_CONS_CREATE_PLANNING_FUNC and BICS_CONS_EXECUTE_PLANNING_FUN, so they can be called from remote clients.
Keywords
rejected, exception, error, workbook, query, BICS_CONS_EXECUTE_PLANNING_FUN, BICS_CONS_CREATE_PLANNING_FUNC, CPM , KBA , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , CA-CPD-FP , Commercial Project Management - Financial Planning , CA-EPT-TAS , Tools and Services in BS Foundation , Problem