BI IView Portal Exception Error SP13

Question

Hi,  Right now we are unable to execute any of our current BI IViews in the Development BI Portal and I’m thinking its SPS 13 related.  (Of course this problem perfectly coincided with some Portal rework I was doing, so originally I thought it was something major I did wrong somehow... )
I seem to have tracked the problem down to the SYSTEM parameter on the BI IViews.  All of the original BI IViews I created over time have a SYSTEM Parameter = “SAP_BW”.  When I create a new BI IView the SYSTEM Parameter is equal to “SAP_LocalSystem”.  The new BI IView works just fine.  If I change the SYSTEM Parameter on my IViews to “SAP_LocalSystem” they also work.  So it looks like for some reason the “SAP_BW” Alias the original BI IViews referenced is now not working correctly.  I checked the system configuration and SAP_BW is defined as an alias and a Portal Connection Check indicates that all connections are fine.
Anyone know what else I can look at to correct this problem?

Answer 1

Hi Kenneth,
    This is a known problem and SAP is working on a fix.  Watch for note 1105913 when it is released.  If you are looking for something in the short term, I believe this will work but you have to do it to each iview:
In order to solve it please do the following:
1. Open one of the BI iViews for edit.
2. Switch to property category "Content BW report"
3. Change the value of the "System" property to "SAP_LocalSystem"
For example, if the value is "SAP_BW", then now is should be
"SAP_LocalSystem".
4. Save your changes and try to reproduce the error.
If the problem was solved, reconfigure all the BI iViews
accordingly.
Hope this helps.
John