Our Technical Services team has received an influx of service tickets regarding issues with the recently released SAP BPC EPM Add-in Service Pack 29.
With EPM Add-in SP29 installed, we noticed that none of the built-in reports or report templates are working when trying to refresh with BPC 10.1 Microsoft (MS). When attempting to refresh, it keeps prompting to login to SAP NetWeaver (NW) system, instead of BPC 10.1 Microsoft. Please see example below:
ldcie3f.wdf.sap.corp EPMAddin_ODBOSP3 Consolidation
We are connected to the Planning model for BPC MS but it is trying to login to BPC NW Consolidation.
Resolution
To correct this issue, we must change EPM Add-in parameters as follows:
SAP has been notified of this issue and we hope that they will implement a fix in the next release of the EPM Add-in.
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Darko Kavazovic has been a technical consultant for Column5 for almost 3 years. He has a wide range of experiences in development and delivery of SAP BI technologies. He speaks 3+ different languages and has exceptional understanding of SAP products. Before coming to Column5, he worked for Sysco Corp. with their SAP administration.
Darko Kavazovic, Technical Consultant, Column5 Consulting US team