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3275311 - Prompts empty when re-scheduling an instance last executed by a different user

Symptom

User A schedules an Analysis Workbook in BI platform with specific prompts.

User A wants to re-schedule the same instance from History and the prompts used in that instance are displayed.

However, when User B tries to schedule the same instance from History, the prompts are empty.

Environment

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform

Cause

This is not a bug in the tool. The prompt variables are user specific and workbook specific.

Resolution

When re-scheduling an instance last executed by a different user, the prompts are empty and must be added accordingly.

It is possible to see the prompts last used by opening the Instance Details.

Keywords

variables, variants, variant, variable, var, prompts, missing, empty, history, reschedule, rescheduling , KBA , BI-RA-AO-BIP , AO Precalculation, Scheduling and AO InfoOb... , BI-RA-AO-XLA , Excel Addin , Problem

Product

SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office all versions