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3593555 - Error: 'Couldn't refresh the data. The import job is not completely defined.' in model in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

Getting the error message "Couldn't refresh the data. The import job is not completely defined." when trying to refresh an import job

Environment

SAP ANALYTICS CLOUD Version: 2025.1.10

Reproducing the Issue

 

  1. Login to the SAC tenant.
  2. Open the model.
  3. Navigate to Data Management. 
  4. While refreshing the import job The Data Timeline shows the error message: 'Couldn't refresh the data. The import job is not completely defined.' 
  5. Notice that Map to Attributes shows 1 target unmapped.
  6. Mapping restriction shows atleast one measure should be mapped.

 

Cause

For SAP data center tenants, all measure columns must be mapped.

Resolution

  1. In the Prepare data step, duplicate one of the columns, replace all values to a dummy value such as 0 or 1 and change the type to match the measure created in the model. 
  2. Now in the mapping steps the above newly created dummy column can be mapped to the measure.

See Also

Keywords

SAC, SAP Analytics Cloud, model, data refresh , KBA , LOD-ANA-AQU , Import Data Connections (Acquiring Data) , Problem

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud all versions