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3602931 - Extended Text is not available for Virtual Data Sources

Symptom

Extended text is not showing more than 60 characteristics in the data source.

Environment

  • SAP Cloud for Customer
  • SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Analytics.
  2. Go to Design data sources.
  3. Search for and open your data source.
  4. Add a field that has data that is supposed to show more than 60 characters.
  5. Notice that the characters do not go past 60 characters, even if you have enabled extended text.

Cause

The data source that you are using or the characteristics your are using in your view originate from a Virtual Data Source and the Extended Text feature is not supported for Virtual Data sources.

Resolution

Feature is currently not supported.

Keywords

virtual data source, extended text, 60, 1024, characteristic, text, length , KBA , AP-RC-ANA , C4C, ByD, Travel: Analytics Tools & Frameworks , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions