Unreadable characters in SM21 after Unicode Conversion
Hi all,
After upgrading from BW 3.1 content to BI 7.0, I did unicode conversion.
Now in tcode SM21, all log messages are in unreadable characters.
I tried applying SAP Notes 688089 and 45580, but no use.
Pls give me some inputs on this regard
Thanks
Karthikeyan
Issue got resolved.
Have to delete a logfile generated OS level in global folder then restart the SAP instance.
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