Universe creation against SAP Cubes/Queries with same connection

Hello,
I am creating universe against the connection for SAP BW system, once I have created a connection and selected a cube or query and built a universe on top of it....If I go back and create a new universe and this time change the connection to point towards a new cube/query the old universe stops working.
Is it a limitation for SAP database where we need to have a new connection setup for each universe...or is there a different way to use same connection pointing towards different cubes/queries for different universes.
Please let me know.
Thanks
Dharma.

Hi
when you build a universe based on the connection and want to use the universe with reports you can not change the underlying connection because then your universe will not work anymore.
You can have multiple universe on a single connection.
here some more details:
Web Intelligence and SAP BI
/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/03/24/businessobjects-and-sap-part-5
Web Intelligence - Delegated Search and Delegated Measures
/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/08/27/businessobjects-and-sap-part-6--web-intelligence-and-sap-bi
OLAP Universe Change Management
/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/08/29/businessobjects-and-sap-part-7--olap-universe-change-management
Web Intelligence Best Practices with SAP NetWeaver BI
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/008d15dc-f76c-2b10-968a-fafe5a121129
ingo

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Hello,
I am creating universe against the connection for SAP BW system, once I have created a connection and selected a cube or query and built a universe on top of it....If I go back and create a new universe and this time change the connection to point towards a new cube/query the old universe stops working.
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Thanks
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Issues with changing connection at run-time

Post Author: dmazourick
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Weu2019ve tried a lot of different ways to resolve this issue, but are getting every time the different result.
Probably someone deal with that issue before and know how to correctly resolve it.
Weu2019re using Crystal Reports Runtime Components X+ (X, XI, XI R2) u2013 all of them has this issue.
We need client application to connect to multiple data sources u2013 user chooses report, chooses data source and we show the report for specified data source.
The data sources are tables or stored procedures stored in different databases on different servers.
For sure, every data source for a single report has the same structure, but that doesnu2019t matter.
The issue is: when the name of the database on one server is the same as the name of database on second server, the connection caching occurs.
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2.       Weu2019re opening second report for Server2:<DBN> - report shows data from Server1.
3.       Weu2019re closing application and run 1-2 in opposite order, now both reports show data from Server2.
Weu2019ve tried different approaches u2013 below is a code sample that opens the report for specific connection.
Juts to be sure that no one will ask u2013 u201CAre you sure youu2019re passing the correct connection info etc.u201D. Yes! We are sure because weu2019re trying to fix this issue for a long time and tried a lot of different approaches and still cannot find the right solution.
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Post Author: fburch
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
I am having similar problems and some successes.
I have 70+ reports and now suddenly I want to point them at two different servers, but at databases with the same name like you talked about.
I first just tried the following:
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Dim myReport As New ReportDocument
myReport.Load(filename)
#2. Pass in parameter values
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'crParameter1Values = crParameter1.CurrentValues
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If ParamValue Is Nothing Then
crDiscrete1Value.Value = ""
Else
crDiscrete1Value.Value = ParamValue
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ElseIf crParameter1.ValueType = FieldValueType.BooleanField Then
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crDiscrete1Value.Value = True
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crDiscrete1Value.Value = 0
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crDiscrete1Value.Value = ParamValue
End If
Else
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crDiscrete1Value.Value = Nothing
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Next
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crReportObjects = crSection.ReportObjects
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crDatabase = subRepDoc.Database
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crtableLogoninfo = CrTable.LogOnInfo
crtableLogoninfo.ConnectionInfo = crConnectionInfo
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End If
Next
End If
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Next
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crv.ReportSource = myReport
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#5 Call export to disk function.
This was not changing server - did not realize it was a caching problem as you suggested. That makes sense. So anyway, then of course I threw a verify database statement on there, before I get the data. Now looks like this:
#1 Load Report
#2. Pass in parameter values (dummy values that will generate schema of table without having to actually run long running procedures, i.e. select (cast 1 as int) as somefield1, cast(2.0 as numeric(10,0)) as somefield2
#3 Set "Table Log in info"
#3b Verify the database which seems to be a necessity:
myReport.VerifyDatabase()
#3c Re-populate the report with real parameter values, same as #2 but this time with the ones that will generate the real data
#4 go get the data
#5 Call export to disk function.
This does work, some of the time. When the datasource underlying report are tables, it works. I made a dummy crystal report with lots of different types of params (stored procedure underlying database) - this also worked!
Unfortunately, when I run this against the majority of my reports, I get this stupid "invalid mapping type value", for which I have not been able to resolve yet.
I also tried putting a myreport.SetDatabaseLogon("","") -- what would this do, clear it out? (saw this referenced somewhere).
Then I tried putting the real connection info in there as well ...
myReport.SetDatabaseLogon(uid, pwd, serverName, DBname)
I put this setdatabase thing before I called verifydatabase, which is where the process is bombing out and giving me invalid mapping type for the reports that do not run.
At this point I am still working on solution. I have tried creating dummy report that used same parameter types as a report that was failing and voila - the dummy report worked. Anyway, let me know if you get your problem fixed and I will do the same. Looks like you are using a different method that I didn't notice "LogOnServer"

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