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Anonymous
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SAP BW Connection Error

Hi 

When I tried to connect to SAP BW message server getting below error. Any help?  I am getting the same error for both direct query and import. Thanks

 

DataSource.Error: SAP Business Warehouse:
ERROR service 'sapmsxxxx' unknown
TIME Mon Aug 12 14:24:57 2019
RELEASE 721
COMPONENT NI (network interface)
VERSION 40
RC -3
MODULE nixxsl.cpp
LINE 184
DETAIL NiSrvLGetServNo: service name cached as unknown
COUNTER 5

Details:
DataSourceKind=SapBusinessWarehouse
DataSourcePath=xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message=
ERROR service 'sapmsPBW' unknown
TIME Mon Aug 12 14:24:57 2019
RELEASE 721
COMPONENT NI (network interface)
VERSION 40
RC -3
MODULE nixxsl.cpp
LINE 184
DETAIL NiSrvLGetServNo: service name cached as unknown
COUNTER 5

ErrorCode=104

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Anonymous
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Hi,

I'ma facing the same issue while trying to make connection between SAP application server and PowerBI

 

Any updates about this issue?

 

thanks,

anis

Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

I think this issue should more related to sap client and settings, please check your client and device(installed datasource) to confirm its port and related settings works well.
In addition, you can also post to sap related forum to get better support.

Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng

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