BI Content Install SHORT DUMP

Question

HELP!
I am trying to install BI Content on a newly installed netweaver Box.  We are running BI 7.0 with SP 15 and BI_CONT 703 SP 5.  This is the error:
Runtime Errors         ASSIGN_LENGTH_0
Date and Time          2008/02/18 12:55:36
Short dump has not been completely stored (too big)
Short text
     Program error: ASSIGN with length 0 in program "SAPLSNR3".
What happened?
     Error in the ABAP Application Program
     The current ABAP program "SAPLSNR3" had to be terminated because it has
     come across a statement that unfortunately cannot be executed.
     Tried to create a field with length 0. This is not
     possible.
Error analysis
     In an ASSIGN statement in the program "SAPLSNR3" a field symbol with
     length 0 should have been created. However, this is not possible.
     length 0.
     This is not possible.
Trigger Location of Runtime Error
     Program                                 SAPLSNR3
     Include                                 LSNR3F01
     Row                                     178
     Module type                             (FORM)
     Module Name                             LOCAL_BUFFER
Line  SourceCde
  148                  ID 'NONRSWAP' FIELD TNRO-NONRSWAP.
  149   IF SY-SUBRC .
  180 *       Funktionsbaustein kann beendet werden
  181     P_EXIT = YES.
  182     EXIT.
  183
  184   ELSEIF SY-SUBRC = 4.
  185 *       Das Intervall wurde nicht gefunden
  186     MESSAGE E751 RAISING INTERVAL_NOT_FOUND WITH P_OBJECT P_SUBOBJECT
  187                                    P_NR_RANGE_NR TNRO-CODE.
  188   ELSEIF SY-SUBRC = 19.
  189 *       Der Nummernkreis ist nicht intern
  190     MESSAGE E752 RAISING NUMBER_RANGE_NOT_INTERN.
  191   ELSEIF SY-SUBRC = 15.
  192 *       Overflow
  193         IF NOT TNRO-NONRSWAP IS INITIAL.
  194            MESSAGE E028 WITH BNRIV-FROMNUMBER BNRIV-TONUMBER
  195                           P_OBJECT RAISING INTERVAL_OVERFLOW.
  196         ENDIF.
  197   ELSEIF SY-SUBRC = 11.

Answer 1

Problem:
When trying to collect BI objects prior to installing (activate) for use in BI (TCODE: RSA1) a short dump would be thrown when 'in and out' objects were selected. No short dump was thrown for demo objects when source system was set to local.
Reason:
The objects tracking sequence numbers for incoming BI transports from external systems were not correctly set. The sequences should have been set with a valid range of 1 to 9999999999 however the sequences were either missing or set to 0. This was a problem with the BI server (EPSAND), the CRM server was functioning correctly.
Why this happened:
Unknown. Perhaps a bug in a service pack. This error appears to be very uncommon. The error being thrown was a generic error thus difficult to trace to the actual problem.
How the problem was fixed:
(1) Using TCODE: SNUM set intervals for objects: BI_TS, BI_TSDTEL, BI_TSDOMA and BI_CS. These objects should each be set as follows:
No. From Number To Number Currenct Number
01 0000000001 9999999999 1
(2) Then there was also a second unrelated bug which is fixed in latest SAP_BW support package (SP 0014, released: January 2008). We couldn't risk the support package so a single note: 1102743 was applied.