SAP BO Disclosure Management - LoadBriefingBookReadXMlException

Question

When I try to create a data link using BW query I get the following error message
1)      Action Log details
Time; MessageID; MessageType; ObjectID; MessageText; ActionName; GUID; ParentGUID; ObjectType; IsVisible;
21/03/2012 14:40:09:329; LoadBriefingBookReadXMlException; ErrorType; BS; Name cannot begin with the '<' character  hexadecimal value 0x3C. Line 2  position 402.; LoadBriefingBooks; 5c48cf54-57fa-4e97-8bcf-e74eea1f7af8; ; WarningType; False;
21/03/2012 14:40:09:329; LoadBriefingBookReadXMlException; ErrorType; BS; The result from the Briefingbook contains an XML-error. You can find a solution in the Web-help.; LoadBriefingBooks; 5c48cf54-57fa-4e97-8bcf-e74eea1f7af8; ; WarningType; True;
Any clue to resolve this?

Answer 1

We can insert the chart in MS Office / DM as follows:
- insert an empty diagram/chart ('insert -> diagramm')
- MS Word then inserts an embedded, empty Excel File
- within this Excel File, create a DataLink to a Discl. Mgmt DataSource
This seems to be the only way that works so far with MS Office 2010 and it has some important disadvantages:
- chart data cannot be refreshed centrally with the rest of the document -> one must open the embedded Excel File and refresh data there
- chart data cannot be directly linked with Word Tables but only with the embedded Excel File Data (so finally you'll have a lot of Excel Sheets at different places which might get confusing)
- by inserting DisclosureManagement Data into the embeded Exel-Sheet, the BD und BT-DataSheets in Excel are created. The Word-Chart points to the first Sheet (Sheet1) and must be repointed
The good thing: SAP is aware of the problem and is going to improve chart functionality within Discl. Mgmt.
Regards, Christoph