Error while opening workbook

Question

Hello All,
I am logging into doscoverer with some reponsbility.
While I am trying to open a workbook. It is displaying me with some message like "Item xxxx used by the work book is missing do you like to continue".
what might be the reason behind this.
does it mean though i am having access to work book.
1) Am I not having access to the business area?
2)Am I not having access to the tables that make up the work book?
Please let me know all possible reasons for this error to occur.
Kind Regards,
Kumar

Answer 1

Just one addition to Rod's correct answer. I've seen Disco Admins with 'fat fingers' accidentally wipe out an item in a folder - or in actuality delete one and not understand the ramifications.
Unfortunately, you can't always open your workbook if it's using this item.
The quick fix to opening your workbook is to get the Admin to just add a new item (manually insert into the folder) where it's the same datatype (ie: number or char) and just set it to something it's value to something like 'Russ Was Here'.
Then your workbook will open, you fix the worksheet to either delete the item or point to another, and if desired the item can be deleted again from the EUL. In essence, you're just putting in enough for the workbook to open and go from there.
Just letting you know in case it's a case of a single item missing that's causing the problem in your report and not a security issue or the entire folder now gone.
Russ