Hi All,
I am using BO 4.0 and trying to create a connection to a BW query. When I click on 'Connect to server to choose a cube', it asks me to authenticate with my SAP BW ID (we are also using SAP authentication). After that it gives me this strange error message 'overflow while reading long'.
We upgraded to SP02 and patch 6 and it seems after that we have started to get this message.
What I have tried so far:
1. All the input parameters to connect to the BW system are correct. Even tried to use a fully qualified name for the BW server. Also, tried to use the server IP address to connect. But it doesn't work.
2. I purposely tried to input incorrect password, incorrect parameters for the BW system but it still throws the same error message. I think it is not an issue at the BW system but Business Objects 4.0 is not allowing to establish this connection.
3. I have an alternate method to create connection from Information Design tool but it works only for Webi reporting. I can create a new report which means I am able to communicate between BO 4.0 and BW using this connection.
But for Advanced Analysis OLAP, the connection created from Information design tool does not work and I cannot create a new connection from CMC.
Has anyone seen this message before ?
Thanks,
Prasad