Error in infoobject used as a data target?.

Question

hai all,
            i created one characteristic and i used it as a data target.while i uploading the data in to this infoobject it is showing some error,it is showing that all records are transferred but the request is still in red color.the error message is shown below:
Error message during processing in BI
Diagnosis
An error occurred in BI while processing the data. The error is documented in an error message.
System Response
A caller 01, 02 or equal to or greater than 20 contains an error
meesage.
Data records for package 1 selected in PSA - 5 error(s).
Error  4 in the update     .
please help me..
thanx,
sri

Answer 1

Hi,
I think you are facing an invalid character issue.
This issue can be resolved by correcting the error records in PSA and updating it into the target. For that the first step should be to identify if all the records are there in PSA. You can find out this from checking the Details tab in RSMO, Job log , PSA > sorting records based on status,etc. Once its confirmed force the request to red and delete the particular request from the target cube. Then go to PSA and edit the incorrect records (correcting or blanking out the invalid entries for particular field InfoObject for the incorrect record) and save it. Once all the incorrect records are edited go to RSA1>PSA find the particular request and update to target manually (right click on PSA request > Start update immediately).
I will add the step by step procedure to edit PSA data and update into target (request based).
Steps
1. Force the request to red in RSMO > Status tab.
2. Delete the request from target.
3. Come to RSMO > top right you can see PSA maintenace button > click and go to PSA .
4.Edit the record
5. Save PSA data.
6. Got to RSA15 > Search by request name > Right click > update the request from PSA to target.
This should solve your problem for now.
As a long term you can apply some user exit in source system side or change your update rules to ensure that this field is getting blanked out before getting loaded in BW or add that particular achr to permitted character list in BW (Run TCODE RSKC
Input the <character> and execute the program) This will add <character> to the allowed characters list.
OR
RSKC --> type ALL_CAPITAL --> F8 (Execute)
OR
Run the report RS_ERRORLOG_EXAMPLE,By this report you can display all incorrected records of the data & you can also find whether the error occured in PSA or in TRANSFER RULES.
OR
Go to SE38 and execute the program RSKC_ALLOWED_CHAR_MAINTAIN.
Changing in source system is an option but usually its not permitted.
Refer
/people/sap.user72/blog/2006/07/23/invalid-characters-in-sap-bw-3x-myths-and-reality-part-2
/people/sap.user72/blog/2006/07/08/invalid-characters-in-sap-bw-3x-myths-and-reality-part-1
/people/aaron.wang3/blog/2007/09/03/steps-of-including-one-special-characters-into-permitted-ones-in-bi
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/64/e90da7a60f11d2a97100a0c9449261/frameset.htm
Thanks,
JituK