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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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Implementation 2.0 SAP Connector

Hi,   I have been testing the new Implementation 2.0 SAP Connector against our SAP BW system explained here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sap-bw-connector   It works beautif...
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  • S_loke's avatar
    S_loke
    8 years ago

    Just an update that with June deployment of the gateway, this is now working as expected with the reports being to be refreshed on PBI service

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    S_loke
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    The error message you have posted seems slightly different to the original thread although root cause may be the same.

     

    The symptom that the original issue was related is:

    • BW 2.0 connector refreshes sucessfully on Desktop
    • Same PBIX BW 2.0 connector fails on Service

    The fix was to update the gateway with June patch (released 29th June - version 14.16.6745.2)

     

    https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/on-premises-data-gateway-june-update-is-now-available/

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meenakp
Resolver I
7 years ago

Hello,

I saw your question is resolved.

But please advise if your report is built on BW Application Server or BW Message Server connection please?

 

(Our BW Application server based reports works fine with gateway+scheduled refresh).

However not even able to add BW Message server as datasource yet. Gateway only has .Net Connector in our case.

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

meenakp

 

Should work with both Message Server and Application Server. But you have to install .NET connector (2.0) on both desktop and gateway. The report need to be build with that connector however you are not using it on the gateway when moving to automated refreshs. 

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    meenakp
    Resolver I
    7 years ago

    Anonymous,

     

    Yes. We have installed .NET connector (2.0) on both desktop and gateway. The report also built based on .NET connector.

    The report is based out of BW Message Server and works fine in desktop.

     

    However we are not even able to add BW Message server as datasource yet in the Gateway. Gives error as "Access to SAP Business Warehouse requires SAP client tools to be installed, including the latest version of SAP Netweaver RFC"

     

    Gateway only has .Net Connector in our case.

    Did you install RFC Connector(and SAP GUI) initially in the Gateway, and then you installed .NET connector in the gateway after it was rolled out?

     

    In our case, we started afresh with .NET connector in Gateway and i reproduced the problem for MS Support.

    However if i schedule the message server based report via personal gateway it refreshes fine. Personal Gateway(my PC) has both RFC and .NET connector and also SAP GUI.

     

    On the other hand Application server based reports refreshes fine in gateway. (again .NET connector based reports).