Can we connect SAP HANA information models to Analysis for Microsoft office. I went through various documents available, however i just found how BEx queries on top of BW on HANA can be connected but i couldn't find anything specific to Sidecar HANA models.
Thank you.
Tilak
Hi all,
As I have seen some questions related to Office 2016, I decided to create this post just to clarify that the developers are already working on it and MS Office 2016 is planned to be supported in AO 2.2 in Q1, 2016.
Currently it is not supported. You can refer to PAM to check the supported environments.
Regards,
Filipe
Hi guys,
We want our users to log onto BW via the BO platform. At the moment I can pull a BW user through into our BO system and they can log onto Analysis by selecting BO platform using SAP Authentication. The next step is that they need to log onto BW. We don't have SSO set up so again they use their BW userID and password.
What are the options open to us for allowing our users to log onto BW? By that I mean which of the connection options can we use? Currently I only see a list of systems when I select 'Local System' and it pulls thought the systems from my .ini file and I can connect ok to any system regardless of which BO system I connected to.
Can/should I be able to see a list of Systems that we want to give our users access to from the 'System' option from the conenctions pull-down?
I can't find any documentation that details how I go about doing this, if it's at all possible. I assume I do some security in the BO CMC?
I hope the above makes sense? Regards and thanks in advance,
Stephen
I have a user that has Analysis for Office v1.4 installed on her machine. She's using Windows XP and Office 2007 and when we try to start up Analysis Excel opens but no splash screen comes up. When I close Excel the attached error message comes up with the text of "The Launcher is exited with error, see log file for more details.". The log file text is:
- Error: General .NET Exception: Process has exited, so the requested information is not available.
at System.Diagnostics.Process.EnsureState(State state)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_MainWindowHandle()
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrOfficeGetterHelper.GetApplication(Process iProcess)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncherUtils.TryFindApplication(Process iProcess, CrOfficeGetterHelper iGetAppl)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncherUtils.GetExcelApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper, Process iExcelProcess, Int32 iMaxCount)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncherUtils.StartNewExcelApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncher.StartNewOfficeApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncher.StartApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.addins.launcher.Launcher.Main(String[] args)
| 2013-11-21T09:48:42 | com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.addins.launcher.Launcher.Main() ()
After opening excel again I was able to manually activate the Analysis COM Add-in and use the program as usual. However, after I exit and try to re-launch I have to manually activate it again. I saw one "fix" that mentioned copying the dlls from the temp install files into the Analysis folder but that didn't fix it either. We've used the same install on other machines with the same configuration without incident. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hello All,
I recently started to use Sap businessObjects Analysis Edition for Microsoft Excel version 1.4.11.3353. When using the add in alone have no problems at all. However, if i add excel macros within the file i start getting problesm when re-opening this file consequently. The file goes in not responding stage just after the opening. If I disable the add in i can open the same file without any issues.
Do you know what eventualy could be causing this and how to solve?
Thank you
Borislav
I've searched all over SCN as well as the rest of the web and can't find a good comparison between the two tools. I did see a post on here comparing WebI 3.X with Analysis 4.0 but we're specifically looking at 4.0 tools. We're working on a side by side comparison of BusinessObjects Analysis vs Web Intelligence and what situations, if any, you would want to use WebI over Analysis, especially when you have Crystal Reports as an option for formatted reports. To us it seems that Analysis gives you much more flexibility without the restrictions of WebI. Any input on this or links to relevant articles is much appreciated and points will be awarded for helpful answers!
hi all,
I am currently on Analysis for Excel 1.4.10.3295 and on MS Excel 2013. But I am still getting this error.
" An exception occurred in one of the data sources. SAP BI Add-in has disconnected all data sources (ID-111007)"
Appreciate if someone could share any insights they may have on this issue.
Thanks,
Badri Sridharan
Dear all,
I´m trying to create a HANA Connection to Analysis for Office with following versions installed:
Analysis for Office 2.0
Just updated Client BI 4.1 to SP 5
HANA version (under HANA Studio) is 1.00.80.00.391861
I have been trying different options and I have not been able to connect porperly to the data.
With a Relational Connection created in the IDT I can access the HANA sources and build my report normally, but at the moment of saving the report I get an error saying: "Cannot save workbook in 2.0 format because it is still in 1.4 format and contains an inactive SAP HANA data source"
Do you have any idea of why I get this error?
Thanks and BR
Araceli
I've searched all over SCN as well as the rest of the web and can't find a good comparison between the two tools. I did see a post on here comparing WebI 3.X with Analysis 4.0 but we're specifically looking at 4.0 tools. We're working on a side by side comparison of BusinessObjects Analysis vs Web Intelligence and what situations, if any, you would want to use WebI over Analysis, especially when you have Crystal Reports as an option for formatted reports. To us it seems that Analysis gives you much more flexibility without the restrictions of WebI. Any input on this or links to relevant articles is much appreciated and points will be awarded for helpful answers!
Dear All,
I am using Analysis for Office 2.1 SP2 , and while trying to slice and dice a HANA information view in AFO I am getting the error : ' 'Caught exception: exception 42733: The dependent element was not found: :'
Steps to recreate the issue are
I have a HANA calcualtion view with a calculated column which considers 'date field' in it for a calculation , the expression is correct and the data is showing up in HANA studio - Data preview .
How ever when I am using same calculation view in AO , in the first instance all the measures are coming up as expected. ( aggregated values)
When I drag any dimension into the report then the attached error comes up . I made sure all the fields considered in the calculated column are coming up with some value.
I cross checked if this is a data issue with Analysis for OLAP tool , surprisingly I am able to view the data slice and dice it with dimensions in the OLAP tool.
The wierd part is when I remove the calculated column which consumes the date field the AO for excell is working fine and allows me to slice and dice the data.
Any suggestions/ workarrounds how to overcome this error?
Error Screenshot:
Regards,
Sindhoora Leburi
Hi all,
I want to learn if there is a macro which executes process chain from Analysis Workbook?
Thank you
Dear all,
I´m trying to create a HANA Connection to Analysis for Office with following versions installed:
Analysis for Office 2.0
Just updated Client BI 4.1 to SP 5
HANA version (under HANA Studio) is 1.00.80.00.391861
I have been trying different options and I have not been able to connect porperly to the data.
With a Relational Connection created in the IDT I can access the HANA sources and build my report normally, but at the moment of saving the report I get an error saying: "Cannot save workbook in 2.0 format because it is still in 1.4 format and contains an inactive SAP HANA data source"
Do you have any idea of why I get this error?
Thanks and BR
Araceli
Hello all,
We have a requirement where in we need to restrict the values a user sees in the drop down list in the Input Templates. We are using Office Analysis 2.2
The challenge here is that the info object (Cost Center) is not Authorization Relevant. The client wants to maintain the possible values for each user in a DSO. The drop down list should show the values assigned to the user in the DSO.
Any ideas as to how we can achieve this?
Thanks
Sunil
Dear All,
I am using Analysis for Office 2.1 SP2 , and while trying to slice and dice a HANA information view in AFO I am getting the error : ' 'Caught exception: exception 42733: The dependent element was not found: :'
Steps to recreate the issue are
I have a HANA calcualtion view with a calculated column which considers 'date field' in it for a calculation , the expression is correct and the data is showing up in HANA studio - Data preview .
How ever when I am using same calculation view in AO , in the first instance all the measures are coming up as expected. ( aggregated values)
When I drag any dimension into the report then the attached error comes up . I made sure all the fields considered in the calculated column are coming up with some value.
I cross checked if this is a data issue with Analysis for OLAP tool , surprisingly I am able to view the data slice and dice it with dimensions in the OLAP tool.
The wierd part is when I remove the calculated column which consumes the date field the AO for excell is working fine and allows me to slice and dice the data.
Any suggestions/ workarrounds how to overcome this error?
Error Screenshot:
Regards,
Sindhoora Leburi
Hi Gurus, i need your help.
I have this error "Size Limit of Result Set Exceeded"
I made several adjustments:
I read several forums, but can not find additional issues to validate. Is there any other aspect that is needed in order to adjust the report to show me 937,536 cells?
thank you very much for your help.
Pablo.
Hi Gurus,
Current Environment :-
Database : Hana SP9
Reporting Tool : Analysis for Office 2.2
Connection type : HANA HTTP Connection
Current situation :
We have built few reports based on Calculation views from HANA with HANA http connection at Analysis for Office level.
We want to schedule reports to user inbox with profiles values.
Problem :-
For Ex:- 2 regions with Asia Pacific and EMEA data are there in the report and i want to schedule Asia Pacific data for the Asia Pacific user and EMEA data to EMEA data user.
How can i achieve this report bursting technique while scheduling the report in CMC for this particular user.
The following report also contains prompts for region which will popup for user selection for his particular region.
When the user opens report he has to see his own region data but not the other region data.
Currently he can open both the regions data after scheduling it to the user inbox.
How can i put a restriction for this at CMC level.
Any suggestions Gurus
Thanks and Regards
Karthik Kumar C V
Hi
We have upgraded our SAP Business Objects Analysis for Office tool from 1.4 to V2.2 SP-1.
While trying out some features such as Advanced & Dynamic Calculations from the Ribbon we noticed that the option was grayed out when attempting to include it in a few AO Datasources, but were active but for other AO datasources.
The AO Datasources in question are based on BEX Queries.
I am wondering if there are any pre-requisties on the BEX Query side or otherwise which may influence whether or not Advanced & Dynamic calculation option is active? I have not found any information regarding this from the SAP Admin or user guide. Hence, interested to know if there are others who may be aware of this issue in their own solutions.
Thanks in advance,
Zubin Kurian
I have a user that has Analysis for Office v1.4 installed on her machine. She's using Windows XP and Office 2007 and when we try to start up Analysis Excel opens but no splash screen comes up. When I close Excel the attached error message comes up with the text of "The Launcher is exited with error, see log file for more details.". The log file text is:
- Error: General .NET Exception: Process has exited, so the requested information is not available.
at System.Diagnostics.Process.EnsureState(State state)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_MainWindowHandle()
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrOfficeGetterHelper.GetApplication(Process iProcess)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncherUtils.TryFindApplication(Process iProcess, CrOfficeGetterHelper iGetAppl)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncherUtils.GetExcelApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper, Process iExcelProcess, Int32 iMaxCount)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncherUtils.StartNewExcelApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncher.StartNewOfficeApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.core.launcher.CrLauncher.StartApplication(CrOfficeGetterHelper iOfficeGetterHelper)
at com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.addins.launcher.Launcher.Main(String[] args)
| 2013-11-21T09:48:42 | com.sap.ip.bi.pioneer.addins.launcher.Launcher.Main() ()
After opening excel again I was able to manually activate the Analysis COM Add-in and use the program as usual. However, after I exit and try to re-launch I have to manually activate it again. I saw one "fix" that mentioned copying the dlls from the temp install files into the Analysis folder but that didn't fix it either. We've used the same install on other machines with the same configuration without incident. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi everyone,
I have seen many incidents sent to SAP related to an issue in Analysis for Office when using Input Help (AKA F4 Help), in BW 740 systems.
The scenario is the following:
This issue is fixed after implementing SAP note below on the BW system:
2107060 - RSBOLAP: Correction for SAP Note 2065089 (reader reset)
I also strongly recommend that you check the SCN post below which contains many SAP notes related to BICS (communication interface used by Analysis for Office) depending on the Support Package of your BW 740:
Very Important BICS notes for BW 740
Kind regards,
Filipe
I am not able to find Contains Pattern (CP, !CP or *, !*) in release 2.x, it is available with 1.4.9.3240. How is this accomplished in the 2.x versions?
I have this setting 'Variable' in regedit and have installed Visual Studio Tools
