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3465701 - Error: "The database driver is misconfigured. Please contact your on-site SAP Analytics Cloud agent administrator" when creating new connection to MaxDB in SAP Analytics Cloud

Symptom

  • When trying to create a new connection to SAP MaxDB in SAC, the below error occurs:
    "The database driver is misconfigured. Please contact your on-site SAP Analytics Cloud agent administrator."
  • In Catalina logs below error is found: "ERROR_DRIVER_NOT_CONFIGURED"

Environment

  • SAP Analytics Cloud
  • MAxDB

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to SAC.
  2. Go to connections.
  3. Click on the "+" icon.
  4. Choose SQL databases.
  5. From the popup menu, choose "MaxDB 7.9".
  6. Fill the necessary details.
  7. Click Create
    >> Notice the error: "The database driver is misconfigured. Contact your SAP Analytics Cloud agent administrator."

Resolution

Create the connection using the Generic JDBC datasource with the following configuration:

  • Connection URL: jdbc:sapdb://<database_computer>[:<port>]/<database_name>
  • JDBC class: com.sap.dbtech.jdbc.DriverSapDB

See Also

SAP MaxDB JDBC Driver help portal: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/1f8802ad0a634955b6210c6e98536097/467bc36ee97150d1e10000000a155369.html

Keywords

SAC, MaxDB, Driver, import connection, SAP Analytics Cloud, jdbc , KBA , LOD-ANA-AQU , Import Data Connections (Acquiring Data) , Problem

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0