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3034387 - CPM workbooks not working properly after upgrade to S/4HANA 2020

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

Product

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office all versions