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3198056 - Unable to delete Report in Report Center

Symptom

Error "Report cannot be deleted because report is included in report distributor for a bundle"/"Report cannot be deleted because it is assigned to roles" when user tries to delete report.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
Canvas Report
Report Center

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to instance
  2. Proceed to Report Center
  3. Try to delete a canvas report
  4. Error occurs

"Report cannot be deleted because report is included in report distributor for a bundle"/"Report cannot be deleted because it is assigned to roles" 

Cause

  • Report is either added to a report bundle in Report Distributor or it is included in a schedule in "View Schedules"
  • It may be added as a Starting page in one of the roles (Defined under Roles Maintenance) assigned to user.

Resolution

Scenario 1:

  1. Proceed to Report Distributor or View Schedules
  2. Delete Bundle where report is included
  3. Go back to report center and delete the report

Scenario 2:

  1. Admin center --> Roles maintenance 
  2. Randomly check each one of the roles to see if this report is maintained as Starting page in any one of the roles

See Also

2937505 - Unable to delete Schedules from Report Center

2643779 - Error: 'An error occurred while deleting the report' - while trying to delete certain Dashboards from the Report Center

Keywords

Unable to delete, Canvas Report, Scheduled, Report Center, Schedule, RDT, Roles, Maintenance , KBA , LOD-SF-ANA-ORD , Online Report Designer , LOD-SF-ANA-RCT-ACT , Actions in Report Centre , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions

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