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3251992 - STRING/XTRING types used not supported by currently selected access method UDCGEN; cannot use this method.

Symptom

Adding fields with Data type STRING to a datasource is causing the following error after activating the datasource :

"Datasource XXXXX ( SIDCLNTXXX ) could not be activated"

Creating the Datasource from the beginning and adding the fields with Data type STRING cause the Datasource to go in an inactive mode and the following error occurs :

"STRING/XTRING types used not supported by currently selected access method UDCGEN; cannot use this method."


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Environment

  • SAP BW
  • SAP BW/4HANA

Product

SAP BW/4HANA all versions ; SAP Business Warehouse all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

STRING , Datasource , Data type , UDCGEN , BW. , KBA , BW-WHM-DST , Data Staging , Problem

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