Transports in SAP BW: Issues and

Resolution

Applies to:
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Summary
This document will give the reader detailed information with respect to what are the errors that occur while
transporting various objects. This document will help the reader understand the transport logs and fix the
issues faced.

Author: Vikram Srivastava

Company: Infosys Technologies Limited
Created on: 21 August 2010

Author Bio

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Table of Contents
Transport............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Common Transport Errors in Cubes/DSO/Info Objects: .................................................................................... 4
Transport Error Log 1: ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Transport Error Log 2: ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Transport Error Log 3: ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Transport Error Log 4: ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Transport Error Log 5: ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Transport Error Log 6: ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Transport Error Log 7: ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Transport Error Log 8: ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Common Transport Errors in Queries: ............................................................................................................... 7
Transport Error Log 1: ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Transport Error Log 2: ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Related Content .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Disclaimer and Liability Notice ............................................................................................................................ 9

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Transport
Transport in English is the movement of objects or people from one place to the other.

Meaning of transports in BW is no different. Here also it involves the movement of objects from one
landscape to the other.
Developments are done in DEV client, i.e development environments and using the transports these are
moved from DEV system to QA system for testing. They can then be moved to PROD system at a later
stage.

Transport connection can be used to capture the objects in the BW DEV system and move it across the
landscapes.
Now we will go through the commonly occurring errors while transporting the objects to the next environment
and their fixes.

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Common Transport Errors in Cubes/DSO/Info Objects:

Transport Error Log 1:
Error: NOT CORRECT USAGE!

Reason: This error occurs when we change the structure of any cube which has BWA Indexes created for it.
Change in structure could mean a change as simple as adding a navigational attribute.
Fix: Delete the indexes (BWA Indexes), re-import the transport and then rebuild the indexes.

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Transport Error Log 2:

Error: The view containing the transfer structure fields could not be imported in target system.

Reason: This problem generally occurs due to lack of table space.

Fix: Either increase the table space or manually activate the cube or Multiprovider using the programs
RSDG_CUBE_ACTIVATE or RSDG_MPRO_ACTIVATE.

Transport Error Log 3:

Error: Info Object not available in active version

Reason: We generally get this error when we try to transport the Info Object Catalogs without transporting
the info objects.
Fix: As a prerequisite, please transport the info objects before transporting the Catalogs.

Transport Error Log 4:

Error: Password logon no longer possible

Reason: This error occurs when the user ID (DDIC) responsible for sending the transports is either locked or
the password for the same has expired.
Fix:: Unlock the user ID or reset the password as applicable.

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Transport Error Log 5:

Error: Dimension can only be manually activated in the target client

Reason: This error mostly occurs for the system configuration.

Fix: Active the cube/multiprovider/aggregate using the program
RSDG_MPRO_ACTIVATE/RSDG_CUBE_ACTIVATE.

Transport Error Log 6:

Error: Info object is not available in active version.

Reason: This error occurs when we try to transport an object (ODS/Cube/Multiprovider) which has an info
object which is not available in the target system.
Fix: Transport the info object first and then re-import this transport.

Transport Error Log 7:

Error: Navigation attribute does not exist.

Reason: If we mark an object in the cube as a navigational attribute and the navigation attribute does not
exist as navigational in the target system we get this error.
Fix: Transport the info object with the navigational attribute and then re-import this transport.

Transport Error Log 8:

Error: Structure changed at field level. Table could not be activated.

Reason: This error occurs if we try to change the data type or length of an info object after data has been
loaded to it in the target system.
Fix: In such cases you need to delete the data first and then adjust the data base with the new data type and
length. This can be done using TCODE SE14. Here we need to enter the table name and adjust the
database.

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Common Transport Errors in Queries:

Transport Error Log 1:
Error: Element is missing in version M

Reason: This error occurs if all the related/associated objects of a query element are not captured. E.g. a
Structure captured without related formulae and selections.
Fix: Capture all the related objects and Retransport.

Transport Error Log 2:

Error: Object has not been imported successfully.

Reason: All dependant/relevant objects are not captured.

Fix: Capture all the related objects of the query (CKF/RKF/Variable etc) from transport connection and re-
transport.

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